Korea, UAE forge alliance to build AI architecture

Officials from Korea and the United Arab Emirates convened for a landmark investment forum Wednesday, signaling a deepening marriage between Korean technical hardware and Emirati sovereign wealth. The "Korea-UAE Strategic Alliance for AI & Semiconductor" forum, which took place at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas, follows a state visit last November that established a high-level working group to bridge the two nations’ tech ecosystems. The goal is a seamless "artificial intelligence (AI) value chain" — one that links Korea’s world-class semiconductor manufacturing and energy-efficient AI models with the UAE's massive investment capacity and strategic location as a global hub. The Emirati delegation, led by Mohamed Abdul Rahman AlHawi, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Investment, also included heavyweights from Abu Dhabi’s national AI firm Core42, the investment vehicle MGX and sovereign wealth giants Mubadala and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Their presence underscored a $30 billion investment commitment made by the UAW to Korea in 2023, which is now being fun

Original source: Korea Times