AI Set to Revive UAE’s Skyscraping Tech Ambitions Beyond Fossil Fuels

Dubai, representing the UAE’s tech ambitions, is rapidly advancing its AI-driven future to diversify beyond fossil fuels. The UAE plans to use AI to draft and amend laws via a newly created Regulatory Intelligence Office, aiming to accelerate law-making by 70%. Despite concerns over AI’s reliability, the Emirates is investing billions through MGX, a $100 billion tech fund, alongside major infrastructure projects like undersea cables and data centers. Dubai leads in AI innovation with initiatives like Falcon LLM and partnerships with firms like TSMC. However, tensions between the US and China pose risks to the UAE’s tech partnerships and ambitions.