ATRC head Faisal Al Bannai and G42 chair Sheikh Tahnoon make it on Time’s list of AI influencers

Al Bannai + Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed on Time’s most influential people in AI list: Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) Faisal Al Bannai and G42 Chairman Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan both made it to Time’s 100 most influential people in AI list, with Al Bannai labeled a “leader” and Al Nahyan labeled a “shaper” in the industry.

REMEMBER- It’s been a big year for both the ATRC and G42. The ATRC released two open-source models in May said to rival Meta and Google counterparts, while G42 secured a USD 1.5 bn investment from Microsoft that should see the firm receiving large-scale AI components from the tech giant, alongside the two partnering on AI investments abroad.