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Abu Dhabi's AI university wooing Western academics with huge pay packages

By Michael Sweeney
Reading time 3 min
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi.
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi. © mbzuai

The UAE is offering US academics high salaries and tax-free perks to take positions at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, as Abu Dhabi throws its lot in with Washington on AI. But China retains a foothold at the graduate school.

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