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The World Times

13-9-2021-Monday

UAE WORLD BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SPORTS
Infection rate drops to UAE on its way to becoming
0.2% in capital global AI leader
The UAE’s push for artificial
Authorities in Abu Dhabi have intelligence (AI) has been in the
works for the last 20 years — and
announced a decreased Covid-19 today, it is bearing fruit, a minister
infection rate of 0.2 per cent of total said on Monday. The country,
tests in the Capital. This follows the currently a regional leader in the
implementation of the emirate’s digital economy, is on its way to
strategy to combat the Covid-19 becoming a big AI player on the global front. For the
pandemic, and successes resulting from rigorous UAE, the next phase will all be about unleashing
implementation of thorough precautionary and preventive human ingenuity, said Omar bin Sultan Al Olama,
measures. Abu Dhabi has undertaken several strategic Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital
measures in the fight against Covid-19. These include Economy and Remote Work Applications. “AI is an
intensified vaccination campaigns aimed at all community opportunity that we shouldn’t let go...And the UAE, the
members; targeted campaigns for vulnerable categories; Arab world’s second-largest economy, is set to benefit
continuous pro-active screening campaigns for all the most in the region from AI adoption,” the minister
community members; and a comprehensive said as he inaugurated the fourth edition of
epidemiological tracing system for positive cases and those Artelligence — The Artificial Intelligence Forum,
in contact. which was organised by Khaleej Times and held under
$1b aid pledged to Afghans who the patronage of the National Programme for Artificial
Intelligence. The country’s AI journey started long
face 'their most perilous hour' before smart tech became a buzzword. “When the
Internet became mainstream, His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President
Donors have pledged more and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
than a billion dollars to help talked about reinventing the government, saying we
Afghanistan where poverty need to embrace
and hunger has spirals in the UAE COVID UPDATE
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said in his opening remarks to donor conference in Geneva. government.
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