Olama: There is a way of thinking here that is our secret as a country

A future where artificial intelligence handles your online shopping may not be far away, but it raises a question that touches daily life.

- BY NIVETHA DAYANAND

Who pays the bill when an AI buys something you never intended to purchase? At the Dubai Future Forum, Omar Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, and Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard, discussed the growing role of autonomous AI agents, which are increasingly capable of handling tasks on behalf of users.

If children can already make accidental in-app purchases on tablets, what happens when AI agents start making decisions on a user's behalf?

Urgent consumer question