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G42 puts stamp on UAE's geospatial intelligence ambitions

National security adviser and head of Group 42 Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. © Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan/Twitter

The UAE is looking to beef up its geospatial intelligence capacity and to that end, the artificial intelligence holding company controlled by national security adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed is pursuing an array of partnerships with foreign and local companies. [...] (310 words)

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