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(Bloomberg) — The United Arab Emirates will introduce artificial intelligence to the public school curriculum this year, as the Gulf country vies to become a regional powerhouse for AI development.
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The subject will be rolled out in the 2025-2026 academic year for kindergarten pupils through to 12th grade, state-run news agency WAM reported on Sunday. The course includes ethical awareness as well as foundational concepts and real-world applications, it said.
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The UAE joins a growing group of countries integrating AI into school education. Beijing announced a similar move to roll out AI courses to primary and secondary students in China last month.
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The Gulf state has invested extensively in data centers used to train AI models and has set up an AI investment fund that people familiar with the project said could swell to more than $100 billion in a few years. OpenAI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said last year that the Emirates could serve as the world’s “regulatory sandbox” to test AI technologies and later spearhead global rules limiting their use.
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Meanwhile, the US is weighing a potential easing of restrictions on Nvidia Corp. sales to the UAE ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump slated for mid-May, which could boost the UAE’s chances in the regional AI race. The US leader plans to stop in the UAE during a visit to the Middle East in mid-May that will also take in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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The UAE had earlier unveiled plans to spend as much as $1.4 trillion over the next decade on energy, semiconductors, AI infrastructure and manufacturing in the US.
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