A foundation to promote responsible artificial intelligence governance in the Middle East and the Global South has been launched by US tech company Microsoft, UAE AI company G42 and Abu Dhabi’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, reports The National.
The launch, which took place yesterday at the UAE embassy in Paris before a two-day international AI summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, highlighted the need to ensure the ethical development and use of the technology.
The Abu Dhabi-based Responsible AI Foundation will also work on domain-specific responsible AI guidance in energy, finance and health, which are considered priorities for the UAE. It will employ 15 research professors from MBZUAI.
In collaboration with G42, Microsoft announced in parallel the Abu Dhabi expansion of its AI for Good Lab, which uses AI and data to help vulnerable communities around the world.
The UAE has positioned itself as a key player in AI development and governance in the Global South amid concern over regulation risks. In the past three years, the number of AI professionals in the country has tripled to 120,000, said the UAE ambassador to France, Fahad Al Raqbani.
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