Microsoft’s UAE pact could transfer chips, AI tech internationally, Reuters says

Microsoft president Brad Smith told Reuters in an interview this week that the software and technology giant’s high profile sales accord with United Arab Emirates-backed AI firm G42 could eventually result in the transfer of chips and tools. According to Reuters’ Stephen Nellis, Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the U.S. House of Representatives warned that such a omve could raise national security concerns. “Despite the significant national security implications, Congress still has not received a comprehensive briefing from the executive branch about this agreement,” MicCaul told Reuters. “I am concerned the right guardrails are not in place to protect sensitive U.S.-origin technology from Chinese espionage given the (Chinese Communist Party’s) interests in the UAE.”