{
  "id": 17759571,
  "title": "Abu Dhabi's ADNOC, G42 sign deal with OpenAI as Sam Altman travels to UAE",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/abu-dhabis-adnoc-g42-sign-deal-with-openai-as-sam-altman-travels-to",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T06:43:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/abu-dhabis-adnoc-g42-sign-deal-openai-sam-altman-travels-uae-6512406"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Abu Dhabi's energy firm ADNOC and AI company G42 have agreed to a partnership with OpenAI, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office. This agreement allows ADNOC to incorporate sophisticated AI technology into its operations. The partnership announcement coincided with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's visit to Abu Dhabi, where he met with the Crown Prince, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and participated in the UAE's largest oil exhibition, ADIPEC. ExxonMobil and Chevron had recently decided to cancel executives' trips to the event due to security concerns, primarily fueled by fears of fresh US attacks on Iran and potential retaliation from Tehran. These tensions have recently unsettled oil markets, despite US President Donald Trump's assertion that he would not launch an attack on Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, although he later suggested the possibility of another military operation against Iran.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "OpenAI Billionaire: PCs Are 'Terrible' When Data Centers Need More Memory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/openai-billionaire-pcs-are-terrible-when-data-centers-need-more-memory",
        "published": "2026-10-30T15:52:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-sam-altman",
        "published": "2026-10-30T16:28:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI won't slow its math and science paper barrage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/sam-altman-says-openai-wont-slow-its-math-and-science-paper-barrage",
        "published": "2026-10-31T01:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Sam Altman says it's \"quite terrible\" that people use RAM in their PCs for AI during a shortage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/sam-altman-says-its-quite-terrible-that-people-use-ram-in-their-pcs",
        "published": "2026-10-31T01:03:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "OpenAI’s Altman meets Samsung executives as chip crunch deepens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/openais-altman-meets-samsung-executives-as-chip-crunch-deepens",
        "published": "2026-10-31T08:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Samsung hosts OpenAI’s Altman for talks on AI chips and infrastructure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/samsung-hosts-openais-altman-for-talks-on-ai-chips-and-infrastructure",
        "published": "2026-10-31T09:47:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Sam Altman makes surprise South Korea visit as OpenAI builds on chip partnerships",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/sam-altman-makes-surprise-south-korea-visit-as-openai-builds-on-chip",
        "published": "2026-11-02T02:58:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}