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

Two chairmen of House committees 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 due to 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.

“It is vital we do all we can to limit the PRC’s malign influence around the world, including in the Middle East,” the letter reads. PRC is the acronym for communist China’s official name, the People’s Republic of China.

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