Abu Dhabi wants to become the world’s first “AI-native” government, harnessing artificial intelligence to personalize services and manage straightforward tasks. Backing the ambition is a 13 billion dirham ($3.5 billion) investment to transform the emirate’s digital services by 2027. Western governments, often tech-phobic, will be watching. Speaking at the Ai Everything conference in Abu Dhabi […]
Abu Dhabi will invest 13 billion dirhams, equivalent to about $3.5 billion, to automate public services with artificial intelligence by 2027. The initiative promises to reduce paperwork and anticipate residents’ needs, although it leaves open questions about privacy, consent and the real savings that these tools will produce.