Dubai, UAE – Government leaders, researchers, global experts, and leaders in the technology and economic sectors explored the future role of artificial intelligence in global economic transformation and advanced scientific research.
In addition to the governance structures required for the next decade.
This came during their participation in the Artificial Intelligence Forum, which was organized as part of the activities of the World Government Summit 2026.
The forum provided a platform for unifying global visions on the role of AI in increasing productivity, developing infrastructure and safety, transforming the workforce, and the geopolitical aspects of AI.
In addition to examining ways to ensure that its benefits extend to advanced and developing economies.
The session “The Economy of Artificial Intelligence/From Adoption to Achieving Competitive Advantage” touched on the importance of moving from adopting artificial intelligence technologies to employing them in a strategic manner that achieves high global returns.
The session discussed the foundations of the success of the artificial intelligence economy, represented by redesigning processes and business models to raise productivity and accelerate innovation.
In addition to improving the customer experience, while adhering to the principles of responsible artificial intelligence in terms of transparency, security and trust.
The forum witnessed the organization of a session entitled “Beyond Generative Artificial Intelligence/From Innovation to Real Impact”, during which Laila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google Deep Mind, shared her vision for the world’s transition to the stage of achieving a tangible and sustainable impact in practical reality.
It also reviewed the ability of generative artificial intelligence to transform research innovations into applications with significant returns in various sectors and the importance of measuring the real impact on the extent of developing the quality of life of societies.
The session also discussed the importance of building reliable and scalable systems, and integrating generative artificial intelligence into organizations’ daily work methods.
In addition to investing in infrastructure and outstanding skills.
The session addressed the challenges associated with high energy consumption and the need for clean and flexible energy sources.
Including advanced nuclear energy, hydrogen, innovative storage and cooling solutions, the importance of proactive planning, and integration between the technology and energy sectors to ensure sustainable data center growth that supports digital transformation aligned with sustainability goals, and the geopolitical and economic dimensions of the role of data centers in reshaping the future of global energy.
Accelerating AI models
The forum highlighted the acceleration in the development of AI models, AI agents and advanced inference architectures.
Which presents traditional governance frameworks with increasing challenges and intensifies the global race for computing, data, and talent.
This underscores the importance of keeping pace with countries to achieve a balance between innovation on the one hand, and scientific integrity, safety assessment, infrastructure readiness, and universal access on the other.
Especially with the rising demand for computing and increasing pressures associated with sustainability.
