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Every UAE AI event, once. Each story gathers every outlet that covered it, summarised in plain words with the original links underneath.
Lovable and Nebius join Dubai’s business AI training push
Announced 19 October, Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy’s partnerships cover AI leadership, agentic AI training, workshops, and support for founders. The wider program targets 14,000 member companies. Lovable will also provide championship participants with platform credits funded by Dubai Chambers.
Sharjah sets rules for AI in private schools, including disclosure in assignments
The Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) launched an ethical framework for AI in schools on 14 October 2026. It requires students to disclose AI use where appropriate, makes schools set rules for AI in assignments and assessments, and asks for AI-generated information to be checked against its sources. It applies to schools and other education institutions across Sharjah.
Dubai launches GenDubAI to help parents guide their children’s AI use
The Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence launched GenDubAI on 14 October 2026. It’s a free platform that helps parents understand and guide how their children use AI. Built with the Community Development Authority and Dubai Future Foundation, it’s in Arabic and English and aimed at families with children aged 8 to 15. Khaleej Times reported that it walks parents through specific situations, such as a child turning to a chatbot for personal advice.
At Ai Everything Abu Dhabi, the capital showed how it is redesigning government work around AI
Ai Everything Abu Dhabi ran on 6 and 7 October 2026 at ADNEC Centre, hosted by the Department of Government Enablement (DGE). Officials used it to show progress towards an AI-native government by 2027, with more than 100 AI use cases live across public services, according to Gulf News. Khaleej Times reported the clearest message: AI should change how work is designed, while people stay responsible for decisions.
UAE publishes a design guide for government services run by AI assistants
The UAE’s National Committee for the Agentic AI Project published a unified guide in August 2026 for designing government services around AI assistants. Its principles include not asking for information people have already given, keeping them informed at every step, and letting them object to or correct a result. It’s meant for federal entities moving their services to agentic AI.
UAE creates a Federal Authority for AI and Data to run AI, data and digital government
On 14 June 2026, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid approved a new Federal Authority for Artificial Intelligence and Data. It brings the UAE’s AI Office, the UAE Data Office and the digital government work of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) into one body that reports to the Cabinet. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for AI, chairs it.
Digital Dubai publishes a framework to connect government AI projects
Digital Dubai released a whitepaper on 28 April 2026 introducing the AI Integration Matrix Framework. It gives Dubai Government entities a common method to plan and connect their AI projects instead of running them as separate pilots. Digital Dubai says it has already used the framework internally to guide more than 100 AI systems.
UAE plans to run half of federal government on agentic AI within two years
On 23 April 2026, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced a framework to move 50% of UAE federal government sectors, services and operations to agentic AI within two years. Agentic AI is AI that can plan and carry out tasks on its own. The plan redesigns government processes around AI and includes AI training for every federal employee.
DIFC plans to become an AI-native financial centre, targeting 25,000 jobs
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced on 21 April 2026 that it will build AI into its laws, business services, training, infrastructure and buildings, and called the result the world’s first AI-native financial centre. It says the programme will bring US$3.5 billion (AED 12.9 billion) in economic value and 25,000 jobs. Those are DIFC’s own projections.
UAE Central Bank sets out how banks and insurers should use AI with customers
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) announced a guidance note on 23 February 2026 for licensed banks, insurers and other financial institutions using AI and machine learning. It sets principles on governance, fairness, transparency, human oversight and data privacy, and expects more oversight for decisions that matter more to customers. The principles aren’t legally binding, but they set out what the regulator expects.