ChatGPT creator OpenAI partners with Abu Dhabi’s G42 as UAE scales up AI adoption

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has partnered with G42, the Abu Dhabi-based tech conglomerate said on Wednesday, in a push to drive artificial intelligence adoption in the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern markets.

G42, founded by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, said it would utilize OpenAI’s generative AI models in areas including financial services, energy, healthcare and public services.

The deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed, is part of a suite of measures aimed at developing the UAE’s technology industry.