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The Emirates Intelligencer

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Vol. I., No. 69 Monday, September 7, 2026 From the Archive
National Strategy
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UAE Cabinet Moves Agentic AI Into Government And Schools

The Cabinet decisions put public-service automation, ministerial decision support and education into the same national AI implementation cycle.

By The Otonomi Investment Desk

The UAE Cabinet has approved an artificial intelligence curriculum for all public and private schools and a new Agentic AI project for government services. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, who chaired the meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, described the government project as the country’s largest transformation programme for services involving agentic AI.

The curriculum will cover AI data, algorithms, applications, risks and ethical use. Sheikh Mohammed said the objective is to train 22,000 teachers and educators to use AI in teaching, assessment, curriculum analysis and lesson planning.

The Cabinet also approved an AI Advisor system of 32 specialised assistants to analyse policies, legislation and strategies, assess their impact and provide recommendations to ministers.

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Student Access

UAE AI Office Opens Year Of Google AI Access For University Students

The UAE Artificial Intelligence Office and Google Gemini have launched one year of complimentary Google AI Plus access for UAE university students aged 18 and over. Registration is open until 31 December 2026.

The plan includes the Gemini app, research and study tools, image and video tools, Gemini Notebook and 400 GB of storage. The partners will also organise virtual and in-person training sessions under their AI for All collaboration.

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Open Models

MBZUAI Releases Six Open Models From Edge Devices To Enterprise

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence has released K2 Horizon, a suite of six foundation models from 0.9 billion to 375 billion parameters. The university has made the models’ weights, code, training data and methodology available under the Apache 2.0 licence.

The release includes models for constrained devices, phones, local hosting, on-premise servers and enterprise deployments. MBZUAI said its dynamic routing technique directs tasks to the most cost-effective model, while the largest model is intended for reasoning and agentic work.

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Further Dispatches
Talent Pipeline

Space42 Starts AI And Data Placements For Emirati Students

Space42 has launched its Future Spacers Programme, offering Emirati students up to 16 weeks at its facilities to explore STEM, AI, data management and emerging technology careers. The inaugural group includes students from Khalifa University, MBZUAI and Zayed University, as well as schools identified by the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge.

The programme combines seminars on space technology and AI-supported data analysis with practical work guided by industry specialists. Space42 said future cohorts will be held twice a year.

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Regional Delivery

Accenture And AWS Sign Six-Year Middle East Cloud And AI Agreement

Accenture and Amazon Web Services have signed a six-year agreement to help businesses and governments across the Middle East modernise legacy technology, migrate critical workloads to the cloud and deploy AI in energy, financial services and government.

Accenture will establish a regional team of architects and delivery specialists, while customers will receive support through AWS’s Migration Acceleration Programme. The agreement arrives as Abu Dhabi develops its 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus, including the 1-gigawatt Stargate UAE cluster.

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