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The article discusses the DIFC's Regulation 10, which entered enforcement in January 2026, making it the first regulation in the MENA region to govern autonomous systems directly, including accountability, impact assessments, and a new corporate role. It highlights that using offshore APIs for AI agents may violate cross-border data transfer laws under UAE law, and presents regulation as a strategic moat rather than an obstacle.
OpenAI is launching Stargate UK, an AI infrastructure partnership with NVIDIA and Nscale to build sovereign compute capabilities in the United Kingdom, with plans for up to 31,000 GPUs over time. The initiative supports the UK's national AI strategy and will enable OpenAI models to run on local UK compute for critical public services, regulated industries, and national security use cases.