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The Emirates Intelligencer

An Independent Daily Bulletin on Artificial-Intelligence Investment, Adoption and Deployment. Published by otonomi.co

Vol. I., No. 83 Thursday, September 24, 2026 From the Archive
Public AI Investment
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Abu Dhabi Puts $3.54 Billion Behind AI-Native Government Drive

The programme connects more than 40 public entities and more than 100 live AI use cases to a government transformation timetable that now carries a defined investment commitment.

By The Otonomi Investment Desk

Abu Dhabi is backing its plan to become the world’s first AI-native government by 2027 with a $3.54 billion investment programme, according to a report on the forthcoming Ai Everything Abu Dhabi summit. The Department of Government Enablement is integrating more than 40 government entities into a single AI-driven ecosystem, with more than 100 AI use cases already live across public services.

The department will host the October 6 and 7 summit at ADNEC Centre, where more than 50 UAE government entities are expected to present public-sector applications. The event has drawn a sold-out field of infrastructure builders, model makers, startups and investors, while international suppliers including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Snowflake are listed among exhibitors.

Wesam Lootah, Director General of GovDigital at the Department of Government Enablement, said the emirate had built a blueprint for AI-native government and was already applying it to services for people and businesses.

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Executive Adoption

Abu Dhabi Executive Council Uses Agentic AI in Its Deliberations

Abu Dhabi Executive Council has become the first government body at its highest level to use an agentic AI platform for real-time decision-making support, The National reported. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and council chairman, led the meeting in which the AI Committee System analysed proposals, generated executive summaries and provided real-time insights.

The platform keeps outputs and decisions traceable to their original source documents. The council used it while considering public programmes, including a second phase of the Abu Dhabi Liveability Strategy that will use predictive, data-driven planning to direct government investment.

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Government Transformation

UAE Sets Two-Year Target for Agentic Government Operations

The UAE has set a target to transition 50 percent of government services, sectors and operations to agentic AI-powered operating models within two years. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, presented the policy during Dreamforce 2026 as more than 50 UAE Chief AI Officers visited the United States.

The delegation was briefed on Salesforce technologies and attended sessions with global technology leaders. Al Olama said agentic AI offered opportunities to redesign government processes and services, improve efficiency and accelerate implementation.

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Further Dispatches
Precision Healthcare

Health Ministry Links AI and Genomics to Preventive Care

The Ministry of Health and Prevention has set out an integrated healthcare agenda using artificial intelligence, genomics, precision medicine and advanced technologies. At the Forbes Middle East Healthcare Leaders Summit in Abu Dhabi, Dr Amin Hussain Al Ameeri said the UAE was expanding AI in clinical and operational decision-making to support disease prediction and prevention.

Al Ameeri said the approach draws on the Emirati Genome Programme, digital health technologies, big data, robotics, telemedicine and medical research. He also said the government aims to move 50 percent of government sectors, services and operations to agentic AI models within two years.

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Data Centre Skills

Khalifa University and AWS Add Data Centre Training to Curriculum

Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Amazon Web Services have signed an agreement to integrate AWS Data Center Infrastructure training into the university curriculum. Students will train on an AWS-supplied data centre rack and use the AWS Academy Data Center Engineering Operations curriculum delivered by Khalifa University faculty.

Top-performing participants shortlisted by the university will be able to apply for UAE work experience positions at AWS through a dedicated channel, subject to the company’s recruitment process and business requirements. The programme begins through the Computer and Information Engineering Department and is intended later to reach Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students.

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Global AI in Action

Claude Code Web

Claude Code gains browser-based development workspace today.

Anthropic

AI Factory Designs

NVIDIA publishes enterprise reference architectures for AI factories.

NVIDIA

Autonomous Threats

Google documents agent-enabled credential harvesting threat activity.

Google Cloud
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