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UAE Recruiting US Personnel Displaced by DOGE to Work on AI for its Military
A UAE brigadier general received permission from the Pentagon to recruit former members of the Defense Digital Service to work on artificial intelligence for the UAE military — despite past warnings from US spy agencies and federal lawmakers that UAE could share AI technologies with China
The DAO liaises with foreign governments about US defense-related matters, and Al Rashidi asked the Attache Office to provide contact information for Jennifer Hay, then head of DDS, who was quoted in the Politico story discussing her resignation with staff. Last year, former Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI), then chair of the House Select Committee on Competition with the Chinese Communist Party, called for an investigation into G42’s ties with China and for export licenses to be imposed to prevent US businesses from selling products to G42 and other UAE firms, amid concerns that G42 could funnel AI advancements and other technologies developed by the US to the PRC, particularly its military and intelligence agencies. G42’s current CEO, Peng Xiao, also “operates and is affiliated with an expansive network of UAE and PRC-based companies that develop dual-use technologies and materially support PRC military-civil fusion and human rights abuses,” according to the Committee.
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