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UAE Sets Two-Year Drive to Run Half of Government on Agentic AI

The move signals a push to redesign public services around autonomous systems under tight central oversight.

Overview

  • The UAE Cabinet, which announced the plan on Thursday, set a two-year goal to run half of federal services with agentic AI that can act on tasks with limited human input.
  • Oversight will sit with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, with a task force led by Mohammed Al Gergawi and entity performance tracked on adoption speed, implementation quality and AI mastery.
  • Every federal employee will receive mandatory AI training to build in-house skills for deploying and supervising these systems.
  • Ministries will phase deployments and assess results, with services expected to become faster and more proactive so renewals and approvals trigger before residents ask.
  • Analysts say progress hinges on clean, connected data and strong guardrails because fully autonomous decisions in complex cases still face trust, oversight and accountability limits.