Dubai’s DIFC aims to become world’s first AI-native financial center, targeting $3.5 billion in benefits and create 25,000 jobs.

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced a plan to become the world’s first AI-native financial centre, meaning artificial intelligence would be embedded across its legal and regulatory frameworks, business operations, talent systems, ecosystem infrastructure, and physical district design. The initiative is part of a broader strategy to move beyond isolated AI pilots and make AI part of the centre’s core operating model, with DIFC saying it could generate $3.5 billion in economic benefits and create 25,000 jobs.

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