The White House’s private fears over the rise of AI in the Middle East

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Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer and defence expert at King’s College London, says the UAE has so far been able to “access to technology from both sides” – the US and China. He adds that the UAE “understands as a country wedged between East and West, they have to increase their exposure to China”.

The UAE’s technological advances help to burnish its international credentials despite widespread concerns over human rights, censorship and autocratic rule. The UAE has emerged as “an AI power”, says Krieg. “They are a smart cyber power in a way no other Middle Eastern power is.”

Period	13 Dec 2023
Held at	The Telegraph, United Kingdom