UAE opts for US over China on AI collaboration [Video]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be leaning on the United States for technical and policy direction for its nascent artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem even as it rolls out extensive plans to explore in-house solutions.

The supervising Ministry in charge of AI is in “alignment” with the U.S. on regulation and use cases for the technology, a move designed to ride the wave of AI successes in North America. Omar Al Olama, the UAE’s Minister of State for AI, disclosed the country’s stance in an interview following a sizable capital injection in a state-backed technology firm.

“The honest truth is in the AI space today, I think we need to be selective of who we work with,” said Olama. “There is going to be a lot of discussions between the UAE and the US of what they are comfortable that we do with other players around the world and …