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The United Arab Emirates wants half of its federal government run by AI agents. It also knows those agents can go wrong. As AI agents take on more work in…
Two Abu Dhabi technology companies have agreed to work together on a new way of running cities. Origen and TACTICA AI have signed an agreement…
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