The Abu Dhabi OpenAI agreement has been officially signed. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Subsequently, emirate organizations and OpenAI signed 4 agreements.
The agreements cover four areas: state administration, energy, education and investment. In addition, all of them aim to use artificial intelligence in real jobs. Moreover, a pilot application is already running. For this reason, signatures do not remain on paper.
Abu Dhabi OpenAI agreement and Machine-Readable Government
The project at the center is the Machine-Readable Government initiative. In this context, some government rules and regulations are translated into machine-readable format. Thus, artificial intelligence systems will be able to use these rules. For example, they will check whether the conditions are complied with in permit and certificate applications.
The first pilot application is already running. At the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, an algorithm reviews food import applications. Moreover, it ties every result to a certain legislative condition. However, the final decision and responsibility remains with government officials.
Calculations are done with graphics processors in data centers in the UAE. Additionally, OpenAI's native infrastructure is used to process requests. Thus, the transaction load remains within the country. The project is managed by the Department of Empowerment (DGE) of the Abu Dhabi Government.
What's on the Investment and Energy Side?
Another deal includes Mubadala investment fund, Inception42 and OpenAI. The parties plan to use artificial intelligence for investment analysis, opportunity detection and risk assessment. Therefore, the investment side constitutes a separate leg of the agreement package.
There is also a five-year contract between Inception42 and OpenAI. Accordingly, OpenAI models will be used in the public sector, business and education in the UAE. In addition, the partners will develop corporate solutions for the country's large organizations. Therefore, the contract is not limited to a single institution.
The fourth agreement was signed by ADNOC, G42's subsidiary Inception42, and OpenAI. The oil company will gain access to OpenAI's advanced models. The models will be used in operations, investment decisions and business decisions. These calculations will also be made on the infrastructure within the UAE.
Common Point of the Four Agreements
The common point of the four agreements is clear: artificial intelligence will be used in real work in four different areas. Because the government agency, investment fund and oil company will use the same technology. On the other hand, making the calculations within the UAE means that the processing load remains within the country.
The Abu Dhabi OpenAI agreement is of particular importance, especially with the ADNOC side. ADNOC became the first energy sector company to enter into such an agreement to use OpenAI technologies. Additionally, the company will use the models in a wide range of areas, from operations to business decisions.
The pilot application is running today on food import applications. However, applications in other areas will be implemented within the scope of agreements. The Abu Dhabi OpenAI agreement therefore begins a process in which new applications will be implemented sequentially.
