UAE’s G42 and Nvidia partner to advance climate technology solutions

UAE’s G42 partners with Nvidia on climate tech ahead of Sheikh Mohamed’s US visit

Dubai: While the President of the UAE is scheduled to visit the White House next week, G42, an artificial intelligence company in the UAE, has announced that the US The chipmaker has teamed up with Nvidia to work on climate technology.

The Gulf-based company said in a statement that it will develop AI solutions aimed at increasing weather forecasting accuracy globally and establish an operational base and weather tech lab in Abu Dhabi.

The UAE, led by the government-backed G42, is investing heavily in Al to help diversify its economy away from oil, and UAE-based companies have recently struck several deals with US firms.

Microsoft announced in April that it would invest $1.5 billion in G42, and this week the two firms announced that they would open two centers in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi-backed investment firm MGX also joins BlackRock and Microsoft as a general partner in a $30 billion fund to invest in Al Infrastructure.

But advanced American technology is rapidly making its way to China, according to the UAE and other Middle Eastern nations. Washington’s concern over AI becoming a standard technology is growing. Al put more limitations on chip exports last year, requiring licenses for exports to certain nations..

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will visit Washington on Monday.

He will meet US President Joe Biden and discuss Middle East regional security issues, advanced technology and AI development, the White House said.

Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, told reporters on Thursday that he will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and business executives, with the main focus of the visit being on the economy and cooperation in such areas. As AI.

“Sometimes people like to talk about some of the tensions in the relationship, but the bigger story is that this is our most important strategic relationship,” Gargash said.