New US-UAE AI Partnership Will Ensure ‘Protection’ of Critical Tech, Commerce Says
The U.S. and the United Arab Emirates this week agreed to a new AI partnership framework that will improve their cooperation around critical technologies and “ensure the protection of such technologies based on a set of joint commitments,” the Commerce…
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Department said. The framework will “facilitate deeper technology cooperation” between the two nations, Commerce said, “including the launch of a 1GW AI data center, part of a planned 5GW UAE-US artificial intelligence technology cluster in Abu Dhabi to support regional computation demand.” That effort will meet “robust US security standards and other efforts to responsibly deploy AI infrastructure, both in the UAE and globally.” The two countries will also work on a “more efficient” process for direct investments in the U.S. by UAE investment funds, Commerce said. They plan to create a working group within 30 days to “implement, monitor and assess progress” on the new framework.