Call for Morocco to create university and ministry for AI

Moroccan professor and AI expert Anasse Bari has called on the Moroccan government to create a specialised university and a ministry dedicated to artificial intelligence. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Bari said these steps are necessary to help Morocco catch up in this rapidly growing field, writes Sara Zouiten for Morocco World News.

The country needs to train young people in AI and create local solutions for education, health, transport and agriculture, he argued, stressing that a dedicated AI university would help prepare Moroccan students to become global tech leaders. Bari is currently a professor at New York University (NYU) and leads its AI and Predictive Analytics Lab. He has also worked as a lead data scientist at the World Bank and received awards for his teaching in the United States.

“Governments must prioritise investment in artificial intelligence to ensure Arab students can enter the global competition and benefit from technological potential to prepare a new generation of thinkers, and to use AI in key sectors such as agriculture, tourism and renewable energy,” Bari told Al Jazeera.
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