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Microsoft to launch 'responsible AI' foundation in Abu Dhabi
Microsoft to launch 'responsible AI' foundation in Abu Dhabi
Agence France-Presse
Published Feb 10, 2025 03:00 AM PHT

This photograph shows a view of Microsoft's logo on the company's French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux on the outskirts of Paris on January 6, 2025. Martin Lelievre, AFP

PARIS, France -- American tech giant Microsoft said Sunday that it would open a foundation to promote "responsible" artificial intelligence (AI) in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi.
PARIS, France -- American tech giant Microsoft said Sunday that it would open a foundation to promote "responsible" artificial intelligence (AI) in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi.
The foundation, in partnership with Emirati AI developer G42 and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), "aims to promote responsible AI standards and best practices in the Middle East and Global South," Microsoft said ahead of an AI summit in Paris this week.
The foundation, in partnership with Emirati AI developer G42 and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), "aims to promote responsible AI standards and best practices in the Middle East and Global South," Microsoft said ahead of an AI summit in Paris this week.
Microsoft said in April 2024 that it would invest $1.5 billion into G42, which is controlled by Tahnoon bin Zayed, brother of the Emirati president and the country's national security advisor.
Microsoft said in April 2024 that it would invest $1.5 billion into G42, which is controlled by Tahnoon bin Zayed, brother of the Emirati president and the country's national security advisor.
Meanwhile MBZUAI has taken a role in several initiatives launched around the Paris AI summit, which will gather political and tech business leaders as well as experts on Monday and Tuesday in the French capital.
Meanwhile MBZUAI has taken a role in several initiatives launched around the Paris AI summit, which will gather political and tech business leaders as well as experts on Monday and Tuesday in the French capital.
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The UAE is pushing for a leading role in the emergence of AI with multiple collaborations including in France.
The UAE is pushing for a leading role in the emergence of AI with multiple collaborations including in France.
Paris's Polytechnique school has announced a research partnership with MBZUAI.
Paris's Polytechnique school has announced a research partnership with MBZUAI.
And Emirates leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan this week signed a deal with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to build a vast AI campus and data center in France worth up to $50 billion.
And Emirates leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan this week signed a deal with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to build a vast AI campus and data center in France worth up to $50 billion.
France hopes the AI summit will help add to its tally of data centers, computer installations that offer processing power and storage capacity, and has offered prospective builders 35 sites "ready for use" across the country ahead of the event.
France hopes the AI summit will help add to its tally of data centers, computer installations that offer processing power and storage capacity, and has offered prospective builders 35 sites "ready for use" across the country ahead of the event.
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