The EAU have positioned between the main emerging economies in the preparation of AI, according to a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report.
The study, GCC AI Press: mapping of the region’s preparation for a future driven by AIPlace the EAU in the category of ‘AI Contestro’ along with 31 other economies, including Saudi Arabia.
BCGS 2024 AI matrix of maturity, presented at the Dubai AI Assembly, classifies economies into four levels: emerging, professionals, contenders and pioneers.
While other CCG nations such as Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain are classified as ‘IA’ practitioners, no Gulf nation has reached the state of first -level “pioneer” currently currently held by the United States, the United Kingdom and China.
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“The EAU are ready to be a regional leader among other world pioneers of AI in capitalizing their established digital infrastructure and formulating strategic initiatives that support the integration of integration of the AI. Key appreciation a collective that goes from clear union to improve. Akram Awad, managing director of BCG.
The performance of the EAU reflects many reference points established by the Pioneers of the established, with particular strength in the government of the national strategy of AI 2031 and its appointment of the world’s prime minister of the world in 2017.
The Nation houses almost 7,000 specialists in AI and has produced approximately 700 publications related to AI.
The report indicates that although the EAU exceed the average investment levels within their peer group, a greater mobilization of private sector capital would help raise the country to the status of being a pioneer.
Significant initiatives such as the $ 100 billion of MGX foundate the global ambitions of the EAU in the development of AI.
Infrastructure strengths include 35 data centers and the highest public expenditure on the cloud by the employee in the CCG to $ 228, creating what BCG describes as “a robust base for AI technologies and platforms to prosper.”
“Our research results reveal that advancing in private sector’s commitment and investment, improving R&D results to global innovation levels and expanding the group of own harvest talents, will further solidify the position of the EAU as a state of global imperatives of AI -J as a pioneer of AI, multiplying the economic and social benefits at the national level,” added Rami Motado and director of BCG.
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The report highlights an impulse throughout the region towards the maturity of the AI, with Saudi Arabia with the aim of qualifying between the 15 main nations of AI for 2030. Qatar and Oman are developing modern infrastructure and initiatives of socking, while Bahrein and Kuwait.
“The EAU stand out as an advanced leadership and execution lighthouse in AI, but what makes the moment notable is the wider transformation wave throughout the CCG”, Dr. Ir. Lars Lars Litig, managing director and partner of BCG explained.
The report recommends expanding AI capacities through balancing and acquisition programs of international talent, reacing government structures with evolutionary ethics frameworks and intense research and development investments to promote collaborations.
