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10/14/25, 8:50 AM AI is national sovereignty like defence or cybersecurity, says UAE minister at Gitex

Gitex 2025 opens today with spotlight on AI, quantum and biotech

Talent is "oil of the economy"

Al Marri has described talent as the “oil of the economy,” saying it underpins every element of AI development.
“Talent is the most important aspect, because you might have the beautiful ideas, but you don’t have the right

talent to actually process it,” he said.

The UAE has expanded long-term visa schemes to attract professionals and researchers, and it has established
the Mohammed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence to train local specialists. The country now ranks

among the top five markets globally for AI talent, according to LinkedIn’s 2024 Global AI Talent Report.

AI’s growth is also being tied to the UAE’s clean-energy plans. Data centres and computing infrastructure are
being powered increasingly by renewable and nuclear energy.

Projects led by Masdar and ENEC are expected to supply most of the required capacity by 2030. The minister

said global partnerships, with Oracle, Siemens, Huawei and Abu Dhabi-based G42, will expand the UAE’s AI

capability while ensuring energy efficiency. “We are not great in building walls. We are great in building
bridges,” he said. “Use the UAE as your bridge. UAE doesn’t do walls, we connect the world.”

Finesse presents a blueprint to lead the UAE AI revolution, at GITEX

Addressing new risks

While AI drives growth, it also brings new challenges. Al Marri said that AI will inevitably reshape the job
market, but compared the transition to earlier industrial revolutions that improved efficiency and created new

roles. “What we used to do in the past might take many days; we might do it now in five minutes. Humans by

nature will never stop,” he said.

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