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UAE orders half of federal government work moved to agentic AI within two years

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Source: UAE CabinetAlso reported by The National

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced a framework, issued under the President’s directives, to deploy agentic AI across 50% of federal government sectors and operations within two years, with a task force led by Cabinet Affairs Minister Mohammad Al Gergawi and government performance measured by speed of adoption. Every federal employee is to be trained in AI.

Why it matters

UAE federal staff and services face a target of moving half of federal operations to agentic AI within two years, with performance measured by speed of adoption.

When
23 Apr 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0201
Who
UAE Cabinet; Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Mohammad Al Gergawi

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from UAE Cabinet and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 10 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0201: “UAE orders half of federal government work moved to agentic AI within two years.” wheresthe.ai, 23 Apr 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/ae-agentic-ai-half-of-government-2026-04/ (source: UAE Cabinet).

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