So They Actually Did It I'll be honest. When I first read that the UAE was making an AI system a Cabinet advisor, I assumed something got lost in translation. That happens a lot with regional news. You read it once, think "that can't be right," then check the original Arabic source. But no. It's exactly what it sounds like. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said it on the record in June 2025. From January 2026, the UAE's National AI System would sit as an advisory member of the Cabi

1. Introduction – Governance Challenge in the Digital Age Corporate governance is entering a new phase as business leadership itself is transforming quietly but deeply. For many decades, board responsibility was mainly associated with financial accuracy, compliance supervision and strategic approval of organisational direction. Technology was usually treated as a supporting operational function managed by internal teams, external service providers, or specialised technical de