DUBAI (Reuters) – UAE-based artificial intelligence company G42 is actively working with U.S. partners and the Emirati government to comply with AI development and deployment standards, amid concerns about its ties to China.
A spokesperson for the company told Reuters on Thursday that the firm will work with partners “to comply with the highest global standards” in AI, the first remarks from G42 since the UAE scuttled meetings between it and U.S. Congressional staffers in July.
Lawmakers in the United States raised concerns G42 could transfer powerful U.S. AI technology to China, after Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in the company, according to a congressional spokesperson.
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, the country’s ruling family and U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake hold stakes in G42, the chairman of which, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is the UAE national security adviser and a brother to the president.
“It is entirely understandable and appropriate for the U.S. government to be interested in how critical technology, such as Artificial Intelligence, evolves and is applied,” the G42 spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Catherine Cartier, Writing by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Gareth Jones, Kirsten Donovan)
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