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Microsoft, BlackRock, Nvidia team up with UAE on AI fund

Microsoft and G42 will open development centers in Abu Dhabi for "responsible" AI initiatives amid U.S. concerns about the UAE's China ties

Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock (Getty Images)

The UAE is teaming up with Microsoft, Nvidia and BlackRock to build data centers with the enormous heft to develop artificial intelligence technology and establish guardrails to protect trade secrets from leaking.

The financial partnership, which BlackRock is launching...