Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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Oct 12, 2026
Fatema AlMullaGUEST
So in 2025, um, India delivered AI-powered monsoon forecasts by SMS to 38 million farmers, and that's one of the largest deployments to date.
Fatema AlMullaGUEST
Um, and then in September, the Mohammed bin Zayed University of AI and the University of Chicago launched the AI Weather Forecasting Training Program, which is now providing training officials from Bangladesh, Chile, Ecuador, uh, sorry, uh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria, which is now being expanded to more countries by 2027.
Fatema AlMullaGUEST
Um, and there's a shared ambition between these countries and between the UAE and Gates to hopefully reach 100 million farmers by 2030.
Tom VilsackHOST
And the, and the importance of weather forecasting, uh, it may seem obvious to folks watching this, uh, weather obviously key to, uh, the ability to grow crops and, and raise livestock.
Nicholas ThompsonHOST
One of those people is scientist and researcher Eric Xing.
Nicholas ThompsonHOST
Eric was born in China, came to the US for school, and today he's the president of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in the United Arab Emirates.
Nicholas ThompsonHOST
Gives him some insight into things like regulation, international cooperation.
Nicholas ThompsonHOST
That also means that his work has been affected by the war in Iran.
James SahotaHOST
Investor.
James SahotaHOST
Mohammed, I've got the latest launch for you.
James SahotaHOST
I've got a, you know, 25% mortgage.
James SahotaHOST
It's the best thing we've ever seen."
Oday MatourGUEST
Yes.
James SahotaHOST
Then Tuesday, like you said, Saadiyat gets announced.
James SahotaHOST
"Hey, Mr. Mohammed-
Oday MatourGUEST
Yes
Katie MaloneHOST
The first paper was from 2023, Judging LLM as a Judge with MT Bench and Chatbot Arena.
Katie MaloneHOST
It's a paper from a group of researchers at UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and MBZ UAI.
Katie MaloneHOST
And the key idea of this is that they want to make a benchmark.
Katie MaloneHOST
They want to really study how to grade LLMs around whether humans prefer their answers.
SatoshiHOST
GLIDE leadership excellence in AI for health is aimed at senior public health decision makers, ensuring top-down strategic implementation through critical understanding.
SatoshiHOST
AI for All was developed by Mohammed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and tailored by GLIDE for public health professionals, highlighting excellent institutional collaboration for specialized needs.
SatoshiHOST
The programs are intended to help countries build their own AI capabilities rather than simply importing technologies developed elsewhere.
SatoshiHOST
This strategy prioritizes sustainable technological sovereignty for these nations.
Daniel NewmanHOST
Really not, you know, it's just no longer true.
Daniel NewmanHOST
And you talked about the, what, the MBZUAI, K2 Horizon.
Daniel NewmanHOST
You know, there are models like them that are fully open, right? So that's an option.
Daniel NewmanHOST
And by the way, they're not hacking and stealing all our stuff.