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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. 86 Sunday, September 27, 2026 From the Archive
AI and Justice
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Abu Dhabi Opens UN Crime Congress With a Framework for AI in the Courtroom

The UAE used the first day of the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to move the argument over judicial artificial intelligence from tools to oversight.

By The Otonomi Investment Desk

The 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the first time the emirate has hosted the gathering, with delegations from more than 97 countries convening at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre until 1 October. Artificial intelligence runs through the programme, examined both as an instrument of crime and as a route to faster, more consistent justice.

On the opening day, Chancellor Salem Ali Al Zaabi, Chief Prosecutor and Head of Public Prosecution at the Office of the UAE Attorney General, addressed a session titled "Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Justice Systems". He told the Congress that the Public Prosecution had moved beyond applying technology to accelerate workflows and had instead built an integrated institutional framework governing its use in judicial work, founded on legal legitimacy, institutional accountability and human oversight.

That framework comprises a dedicated strategy, an ethics charter, a policy on the use of artificial intelligence and a matrix for assessing associated risks. Al Zaabi said it is designed to keep the technology subject to the law and to human review while accounting for the particular demands of judicial work. The Public Prosecution said it would continue to use the Congress to exchange expertise with international justice institutions.

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City Rankings

Abu Dhabi and Dubai Take Two of the World Top Fifteen AI City Places

Abu Dhabi has been ranked the leading city for artificial intelligence in the Middle East and North Africa and 11th worldwide in The Observer inaugural AI Cities Index, with Dubai placing 14th. The index measures how well cities can develop, finance and adopt the technology, and both UAE cities finished ahead of established hubs including Toronto, Tel Aviv and Boston.

Abu Dhabi recorded its strongest result in the operating environment category, ranking fifth globally with 77.9 points, and placed sixth for public investment at 36.2 and seventh for private investment at 18.4, putting it inside the world top seven in three of the index seven categories. Dubai ranked fourth globally for public investment with 63.7 and tenth for operating environment with 66.6, while Paris took fifth overall and London sixth.

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Sovereign Infrastructure

e& UAE Brings Government Website Hosting Under Local Security Watch

e& UAE has launched a secure website hosting service that keeps government and business sites on infrastructure inside the country, supported by round-the-clock supervision from the operator Network Operations Centre and Security Operations Centre. The service runs under the oversight of the UAE Cyber Security Council and is aimed at organisations that need tighter control over the security, availability and performance of public-facing and business-critical websites.

The offering pairs hosting with security controls including firewalls, distributed denial-of-service protection and log monitoring, and makes advanced options such as web application firewall protection, vulnerability assessments and security reporting available to customers. e& UAE said it is intended for government organisations, enterprises and medium-sized businesses running high-traffic sites, as well as teams that must meet local regulatory, cybersecurity and data residency requirements.

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Further Dispatches
Advanced Manufacturing

Robo.ai Breaks Ground on UAE Industrial Park for Robotics Hardware

Robo.ai has held a groundbreaking ceremony in Umm Al Quwain for Phase I of the ALIF Holding Group Industrial Park, a three-phase development intended to give its advanced manufacturing strategy a physical home in the Emirates. The first phase will have a designed gross floor area of about 8,845 square metres and is expected to involve refurbishment of existing factory premises to provide local integration and manufacturing capability.

The Marine Security Project is expected to be the first tenant and the first majority-owned subsidiary project to move in once the site is operationally ready. Robo.ai said ALIF Holding aims to have at least three project companies operating in the park by the end of 2026, with later phases adding new factory facilities and reserve space for expansion. The ceremony was attended by Dr Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, chairman of ALIF Holding, alongside members of the ruling families of Ajman and Umm Al Quwain.

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Enterprise Agents

Microsoft to Put Agent 365 Into Its UAE Data Centre From October

Microsoft will make Agent 365 available to customers in its UAE data centre from October, giving organisations a single control plane to observe, govern and secure artificial intelligence agents as their use moves from pilots into production. The company announced the availability at Gisec Global, the Dubai cybersecurity exhibition.

Agent 365 extends enterprise management, identity, data protection and security controls to agents, combining a central agent registry with lifecycle governance and audit trails, and applying Microsoft Entra, Purview and Defender protections to agent identities. Amr Kamel, General Manager of Microsoft UAE, said adoption in the country is moving quickly while readiness is not yet keeping pace, and that the tool is intended to close that gap as the government works towards its target of shifting half of government sectors, services and operations to agentic models within two years.

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