VP launches UAE AI strategy

Dubai / WAM

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), a major initiative within the UAE Centennial 2070 objectives.
This is the first such strategy
of its kind in the region and the
entire world to promote
government performance and
create an innovative and highly-productive environment by means of investing in AI, and its applications across multiple domains. The strategy is premised to ensure best utilisation of all
resources and invest in all available potential in creative manners that accelerate the execution
of developmental projects.
“UAE Centennial 2071 forges ahead now by launching mega enterprises like Artificial Intelligence to lay a solid basis for the coming period,” said His Highness Sheikh Mohammed, affirming that AI is “the new wave after the Smart Government upon which all our services, sectors and future infrastructure will rely on.”
“We initiated electronic services 16 years go and today we are launching a fresh stage relying on Artificial Intelligence,” Sheikh Mohammed added, noting that “we are seeking to adopt all tools and methodologies related to artificial intelligence to expedite and ensure more efficiency for government services at all levels.”
The UAE seeks to be a major hub for developing AI techniques and legislation, he said, adding that “our 2071 Strategy is founded on a set of fundamentals, primarily Artificial Intelligence across all our government and private sectors.”
The coming period requires qualified Emirati cadres well-versed with artificial intelligence to meet our supreme national interests,” His Highness said, affirming that AI applications will generate revenues and provide fresh opportunities for the national economy.
The strategy consists of five interrelated core axes that serve as stages of development, research, preparation and progressive application of AI technologies in various government efforts in the country.
It will focus on how AI can support employees in the public and private sectors and allow them to channel their energy into creative work. It will also develop a legal framework ensuring the safest standards for the human and machine working relationship. The UAE is one of the most prepared countries in the region to adopt AI technology because the government has already built a thorough technology infrastructure over the past two decades.