The U.S.'s campaign against Chinese tech companies like Huawei doesn't seem to be working in Dubai.
'Calculating the risk' of AI partnerships
Dubai has long prided itself on being an "oasis of security" for businesses amid a turbulent region. As the U.S. government warns of security risks associated with Huawei — which U.S, U.K. and Australian intelligence officials accuse of being a potential tool of Chinese state surveillance — Dubai remains open for business with the tech firm."Security and safety have always been an integral component in all our strategies.
"Today we want to implement 5G network in the Dubai Expo 2020 district, we are working very closely with these companies to test their networks and how ready and mature they are to launch it during Expo 2020," bin Bishr said, referring to Dubai's hosting of next year's World Expo. "And there is no harm to pilot things within a secure ecosystem to understand what are the positive and negative components of these technologies.
Common feedback among private sector guests attending AI Everything was that of praise for the public sector backing of AI initiatives in the UAE. The primary challenge at this point, many told CNBC, will be the development and attraction of talent. Ethics experts and privacy advocates also worry about the potential abuse of data by state actors, a concern bin Bishr said is being met by government initiatives like Smart Dubai's recently published
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