Abu Dhabi partners with OpenAI to speed up business approvals

Abu Dhabi has partnered with ChatGPT maker OpenAI to speed up access to government services by automating checks for business permits and certificates. Artificial intelligence can complete routine policy checks in minutes rather than days, AGBI has been told. Called Machine-Readable Government (MRG), the initiative forms part of a push to cut paperwork and waiting times for residents and companies while positioning the emirate as a global leader in using AI for public services. Its first application supports food import product registration at the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority. That process is handling around 20,000 new registrations annually, drawing on 1,400 policy documents, some more than 700 pages long.