AI Sector Sees Growth in Abu Dhabi and India Amid UK Institute's Funding Crisis - August 2025

Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector grew by 61 percent between June 2023 and June 2024, with the emirate now hosting 673 AI companies. In India, companies are leveraging AI to make digital services accessible across the country's 22 official languages and hundreds of dialects. This initiative is helping workers and extending to public services. In contrast, staff at the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, its national AI institute, fear its collapse after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle threatened to withdraw funding. The threat follows a whistleblowing complaint alleging misuse of public funds.