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Omar Sultan Al Olama
The world's first government minister for artificial intelligence.
b. 1990🇦🇪United Arab EmiratesMinister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Government of the UAE
Appointed in 2017, before any other country had thought to create the post. Has driven the UAE's strategy of funding open models — Falcon — rather than importing closed ones.
Known for
UAE National AI StrategyFalcon
1 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first
- 2017–now9 yrsGovernment of the UAEMinister of State for Artificial Intelligence
0 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first
No books — their work lives in papers, code and talks. The accounts above are the place to follow it.
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