Lawmakers Question China’s Role in Microsoft Deal With UAE-Based AI Firm

‘It is vital we do all we can to limit the PRC’s malign influence around the world, including in the Middle East,’ the lawmakers said.

A sign at a Microsoft store in New York City on July 26, 2023. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Two House committee chairmen have requested an intelligence assessment from the federal government over concerns that U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Microsoft’s partnership with Abu Dhabi’s Group 42 Holding Ltd. (G42) could end up in the hands of the Chinese communist regime because of the AI firm’s alleged ties with Beijing.

The concerns were raised in a letter dated July 10 from Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to national security adviser Jake Sullivan.