UAE schools are cautious about ChatGPT, but what of other businesses?

UAE schools are cautious about ChatGPT, but what of other businesses?

Dubai: Academic institutions in the UAE have already brought in safeguards against ChatGPT-inspired ‘copy-paste’ submissions from their students – but there could be much more of actual use-cases for such AI technology. To keep up with demand from over 100 million worldwide users within two months of the release, the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT launched an upgraded service version – for a monthly subscription of $20. Clearly, there are more than students making up those numbers. As the UAE Minister of Education Dr. Ahmed Belhoul AlFalasi says it, “Don’t demonise AI as it will be a part of our lives.” The Minister was delivering a speech written entirely by ChatGPT at the World Government Summit in Dubai. For the record, the UAE aims to be a world leader in AI by 2031 and boost the GDP by around 35 per cent ($ 96 billion) using these technologies. Microsoft, meanwhile, has announced a ‘multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment’ in the tech behind ChatGPT. Already, small businesses in the UAE are using ChatGPT to perform tasks such as write blogs and job descriptions. All this must be done while fool-proofing systems against cyber-attacks. What of more practical uses? AlFalasi said UAE’s education system would include