UAE Regulatory Change Tracker

ARABIAN CURRENT UAE AI DESK Dubai Opened an AI Regulatory Sandbox. Joining It Does Not Mean Your Product Is Approved Dubai Future Foundation has launched an AI Sandbox for companies with AI-native products at MVP stage or beyond to test them with regulators in real-world environments.

Omar Akar, Area Vice President at Everpure, explains why unified data, resilient infrastructure and strong governance will determine whether organisations can move AI from experimentation to measurable business value. Channel, Interviews, Saudi Arabia, UAE Everpure builds trusted data foundations for enterprise AI with unified, resilient systems Sandhya D'Mello 2 days ago October 28, 2026 Omar Akar, Area Vice President, Everpure.

The UAE has drawn a red line on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in government: no AI agent will be allowed to make decisions that could affect a person’s livelihood. Having served in his post as AI minister for nine years, he said he did not want to look back nine years from now and find no progress.

e& UAE on Tuesday announced the commercial launch of the world’s first mobile network operating on Upper 6GHz1 (U6GHz) 256TRX Giga-MIMO2 technology, marking the official transition of the advanced spectrum into live commercial service. The launch of U6GHz, deployed directly over the existing 5.5G network, unlocks the commercial capabilities of the “Golden 6GHz Band” and strengthens e& UAE’s long-term network evolution towards IMT-2030.

E& UAE has launched Rannah, a secure communications service developed in collaboration with the Cyber Security Council (CSC). Built for government entities, enterprises, and mid-to-large organizations, the solution provides a locally developed, secure collaboration platform engineered to support long-term digital strategies.

The Hub71+ Digital Assets startup will use its Series A to expand regulatory coverage, grow its team, and take programmable settlement infrastructure further in.

For governments and enterprises, it now sits at the centre of cybersecurity, operational resilience and public trust. Global, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UAE Sovereignty is a security control, not a slogan, says Data Dynamics CEO Sandhya D'Mello 4 days ago September 24, 2026 Piyush M, CEO of Data Dynamics, explains.

From keeping economic policy ahead of market shifts to deploying AI across industry, the ninth Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF 2026) will address some of the most immediate decisions facing governments, investors and business leaders during its two-day programme on October 14, 15. ” Regulatory competitiveness and economic adaptability The forum’s first pillar, “Regulatory Competitiveness and Economic Adaptability,” will examine how.

Omar says the UAE is accelerating AI adoption, giving organizations early access to frontier technologies while protecting sensitive data and keeping humans at the centre of innovation.

Uraz Farukh, Senior Vice President, META at Seclore, discusses how the company’s ARMOR platform helps enterprises protect sensitive information, meet data sovereignty requirements and scale AI securely GISEC Global 2026 brought data sovereignty, AI security and persistent information protection into sharper. Global, Home-Slide, Interviews, Middle East, Security, UAE, Vendor Seclore advances data-centric security across Middle East.

The remarks were made during the UAE’s participation in the 4th China Air Transport Association Conference, held in Beijing from 17th to 19th September 2026 under the theme “Integration and Development of Artificial Intelligence and Civil Aviation", where Saif Al Suwaidi delivered. The 4th China Air Transport Association Conference, held in Beijing from 17th to 19th September 2026, features a range of activities, including dialogue.

DESC and Microsoft have built a live Zero Trust assurance dashboard for Dubai Government entities. It turns existing security signals into evidence against Dubai's Information Security Regulation, but its scope is government cybersecurity, not public surveillance.