About the budget allocated for investment in artificial intelligence and the role of the private sector, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Dr. Omar Al Olama, told “Emirates Today” by allocating budgets in cooperation with a number of partners who, in turn, will announce their initiatives and the budgets that have been monitored, stressing. The announced initiatives set goals and a time frame for them by the end of the current year.
He stated that the digital economy in the country jumped within three years from 4.3% to 9.7%, thanks to working in accordance with the insight set by the leadership for this sector, fruitful cooperation with partners and support of government agencies.
He said that they aim to create a state of movement in society, in which the private sector also participates, stressing that the initiatives that have been presented and the packages that have been developed are important to match the great ambition, noting that the program in general focuses on the society of the UAE and everyone who is based in the Emirates and is able To join the programmers program, in which participation is free for those interested, declaring that their main goal is to find high-quality programmers in the UAE.
And he touched on the belief of the wise leadership in the country to invest in the field of artificial intelligence, stressing that there are many evidences of this, including the launch of the Mohammed bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence, and the selection of the UAE as a station for the most prominent universities and educational institutes. .
In response to a question for “Emirates Today”, CEO of Operations and Marketing at Microsoft, Ihsan Anabtawi, said that the company is the largest global provider of the “Launching the Programmers’ Headquarters” initiative, through more than one approach. First, the company provides specialized and advanced training platforms for various Advanced software skills, whether artificial intelligence technology, electronic security, machine learning, and others, through Microsoft LAN applications, and through a partnership with Linkedin.
Secondly, the company organizes several local events, the most important of which are “Microsoft Open Hack”, a global event organized in several global cities by Microsoft, which it will organize for the first time in the UAE, and “Microsoft Open Hack”, which enables participants to develop programs under Supervising developers from the company, in addition to enabling them to create smart applications, as well as training them to become experts in this field.
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