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☆ Abu Dhabi wants to be an AI leader. Aligning with the US is just the start
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The world’s first minister dedicated to developing artificial intelligence (AI) strategy is already becoming embroiled in a global power struggle for tech supremacy. The UAE is one of the world’s largest producers of fossil fuels, and Abu Dhabi sees its AI push as crucial for diversifying away from oil. Christopher Pike/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWashington has also limited the sale of sophisticated US chips to ensure China doesn’t use Middle Eastern nations as a back door to access the newest AI technology, according to Reuters. By opening up the technology, Abu Dhabi is positioning itself as an ally to developing nations that don’t have the resources to build their own AI tools. In March, a report commissioned by the US State Department warned that the most advanced AI systems could, in a worst-case scenario, “pose an extinction-level threat to the human species.”Olama has some specific concerns.

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☆ Massive LLMs like Google's forthcoming Gemini could be a rare breed as generative AI enters a downsizing period
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google is preparing to release a massive LLM called Gemini. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. It's a release that may become an exceedingly rare occurrence since the AI sector is gearing up for a significant downsizing period. To date, the generative AI boom has been driven by algorithms known as large language models (LLMs). GPT-4, the latest AI model from the ChatGPT creator , is thought to be trained on more than a trillion bits of data known as tokens.

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☆ Western officials arrive in the UAE amid push to deprive Russia of advanced microchips
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The UAE has invested large sums in developing an artificial intelligence program and has a ministry dedicated to the technology. UAE ‘abides by UN sanctions’Russia is under a barrage of sanctions from the US and other Western nations following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Western officials have visited the UAE several times over the past two years to warn the regional business hub that helping Moscow evade sanctions wouldn’t be without consequences. The UAE central bank in March cancelled a license granted to Russia’s MTS Bank after it came under US and British sanctions. We look at BRICS from a geo-economic not a geo-political perspective, with the aim of strengthening our economic competitiveness,” a senior UAE official told CNN.

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