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Artificial Intelligence in The UAE

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was launched in 2017 as part of the UAE Centennial 2071 project that focuses on four aspects: Economy, Education, Government Development, and Community Cohesion.[1][2][3] Through this strategy, UAE aims to be the world leader in AI by 2031,[4] expanding the reliance of AI on many future services, sectors, and infrastructure projects to increase the use of AI across different sectors such as education, energy, transportation, space, and technology.[2][5][6][7][8][9]

National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031[edit]

In October 2017, the UAE government initiated the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2031 to mark the post-mobile government phase and utilize AI for future services and infrastructure projects.[10][11][12][13] This strategy aims to be in action for 10-year, focusing on AI role particularly after the UAE cabinet declared it in April 2019.[14][15]

The strategy is intended to achieve the UAE Centennial 2071 objectives that include boosting government performance at all levels, using an integrated smart digital system, investing in AI adoption, creating a new vital market with high economic value, and making the UAE the first in the field of AI investments in several sectors.[10][14][16] The strategy’s objectives also include: reaffirming the position of UAE as a global hub for Artificial intelligence, increasing UAE’s competitive edge in the AI sector, founding an incubator for AI innovations, employing AI in the field of customer services to improve the quality of life, attracting and training talents for jobs of the future, attracting leading research capabilities, providing a data-driven infrastructure to support AI experiments, and optimizing AI governance and regulations.[15][16][13]

The UAE Strategy for AI covers development and application in nine main sectors:[10][17][11][8][9]

  • Transport: to be able to reduce accidents and cut operational costs
  • Health: to minimize chronic and dangerous diseases
  • Space: to aid in conducting accurate experiments and reduce the rate of costly mistakes
  • Renewable energy – to manage facilities
  • Water – to be able to conduct analysis and studies to provide water sources
  • Technology – to increase productivity and help with general spending
  • Education – to cut costs and promote the desire for education
  • Environment – to increase forestation rate
  • Traffic – to reduce accidents and traffic jams and draw more effective traffic policies.

The UAE Strategy for AI has five main themes:[10][14][17]

  • The formation of the UAE AI Council
  • Workshops, programs, initiatives, and field visits to[18] government bodies
  • Develop capabilities and skills of all staff operating [2] in the field of technology and organize training courses for government officials
  • Provide all services via AI and the full integration of AI into medical and security services
  • Launch leadership strategy and issue a government law on the safe use of AI

UAE AI Ministry[edit]

After the launch of the AI strategy in 2017, the UAE government initiated the ministry of AI and appointed Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama as the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence.[14][19][20][21][22][23] In December 2017, the ministry announced a set of strategies to develop legislation and regulations around AI and implement AI education in high schools and universities, adding clear laws, frameworks, and a roadmap for AI implementation.[14] The two critical programs supporting such efforts are UAE AI Internship Program and AI Camp.[24][21] The internship is administered in partnership with Dell EMC, seeking to instruct about 500 college students in AI, whereas the camp introduces high school students to AI fundamentals.[24] [9][25][26]

In February 2018, at the annual World Government Summit Meeting, the AI ministry announced key elements of UAE’s strategy, including developing AI products, new education programs, and championing good governance.[27][28][8][9]

AI in Education[edit]

The UAE government has launched several initiatives to promote AI in its education system, including adopting an AI curriculum and launching six smart platforms to integrate technology within the education system to allow around 600 schools with nearly 275,000 students and 21,000 teachers to work on these platforms.[2][29] Other initiatives include constructing 73 robotic labs in Emirati schools and launching ), a dedicated university for AI education, to provide programs in the Artificial Intelligence field for both local and international students.[30][31][32]

In 2017, the Ministry of Education and Smart Dubai Government Establishment launched the UAE National Program for Artificial Intelligence to act as a comprehensive and consolidated compilation of resources focusing on the advances of AI and Robotics.[33][27][34]

UAE AI Initiatives[edit]

The UAE has launched a number of strategic initiatives and projects to increase its AI adoption, including the UAE AI council, the UAE blockchain strategy 2021, the UAE AI camp, the UAE India AI bridge, the UAE AI internship Program, the ‘Think AI’ Initiative, the AI Everything Summit, the UAE AI Skills Academy, and the code hub.[14][21][35]

  •  UAE National Program for Artificial Intelligence – BRAIN
  1. BRAIN is a comprehensive compilation of resources highlighting the advances in AI and Robotics while providing special emphasis on the UAE’s policy objective to become a global leading participant in the responsible use of AI and its tools.[29][33][36][25][37][22] The program defines and underlines the various initiatives, collaborations, partnerships, breakthroughs in AI, and the impact of all these on humankind.[33][38][36][25]

The program is anchored with strategic and integrated plan to drive the AI use to enrich, enhance, and enforce government initiatives and programs in all sectors, including social and community development, government services, global partnerships, information dissemination, insights and analytics, and national security.[25] The first and second edition of this program witnessed the graduation of 178 UAE nationals from private and government sectors.[39]

  • UAE AI Council
    The UAE AI council was formed on March 15, 2018, as a specialized council focusing on AI. The council is tasked with proposing policies to create an AI-friendly ecosystem and advanced research in the sector. It focuses on promoting collaboration between the public and private sectors, including international institutions, to accelerate the adoption of AI and the rollout of the UAE Strategy for AI 2031.[25][23][40][14][28][41][42][43][44][24] The council include a representative from every emirate and was originally formed to include 10 members.[40] It comprises 14 members in addition to the Ministry of Education and Smart Dubai office.[45][41] The current council members are:[45][46]

·      Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence

·      Sharif Salim Al Olama, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy

·      Abdulla Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade & Industry

·      Mohammad Al Olama, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and Prevention

·      Younis Haji Al-Khoori, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance

·      Mohamed AbdelHameed Al Askar, Acting Director-General of Smart Solutions & Services Authority

·      Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Sultan Al-Qassimi, Director-General Department of eGovernment Sharjah

·      Ohood Al Shuhail, Director-General of Ajman Digital Government

·      Khalid Sultan Al Shamsi, Director-General of eGovernment Department in Umm Al Quwain

·      Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Chairman of Fujairah’s eGovernment

·      Ahmed Saeed Al Neaimi, Director-General of the eGovernment Authority in Ras Al Khaimah

·      Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector

·      Abdulla Nasser Lootah, Director-General The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority

. Mohammed Bin Taliah, Assistant Director-General for Government Services at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future

  • UAE Blockchain Strategy 2021

On April 11, 2018, the UAE government launched the Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021 and Dubai Blockchain Strategy to aid its movement of blockchain technology adoption in conducting its transactions. The strategy’s goal is mainly to capitalize on blockchain technology to transform 50% of government transactions on the federal level to be conducted using blockchain platforms by 2021.[47][18][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] By adopting this technology, the UAE government expected to save AED 11 billion in transactions and documents processed routinely, 398 million printed documents annually, and 77 million work hours annually.[60][61][62][63][64][65][58][66][59][67]

  • Dubai Blockchain Strategy and Blockchain Council

The Dubai Blockchain Strategy was launched along with the UAE Blockchain Strategy 2021 to help Dubai become the first city fully powered by blockchain by 2020.[68][56][69][70][71][72][73][74][75] The strategy focuses on three strategic pillars: government efficiency, industry creation, and international leadership.[76][70][77] The Blockchain Council was established by the Dubai Future Foundation as a global council to explore, discuss current and future applications, and organize transactions through the blockchain platform.[78][79][73] The Council aims to facilitate transactions within the various sectors of financial and non-financial ones, in addition to increasing efficiency and reliability levels. The council consists of 46 members, including government entities, international companies, leading UAE banks, free zones, and international blockchain technology firms.[78][79][80]

  • UAE AI Camp

On May 13, 2018, the UAE Ministry of AI launched the UAE AI camp as part of The UAE National AI Program.[81][25][18][82][83] The camp aimed to empower the next generations in the UAE to lead AI and transform it into a strategic power to support the economy.[81][25] The camp targets students at schools and universities and government executives to participate in a free, two-phase summer/spring camp program.[84][83][85] The camp’s phase one is focused on machine learning and data science, implemented in partnership with the private sector, and hosted by Dubai Future Foundation, the Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET), the Federal Youth Authority’s Youth Hub, and The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT).[86][87][88] The camp’s phase two is focused on the development of robotics and programming skills and implemented in partnership with the government sector and is organized over all the UAE regions.[85][87][83][89][90][91] In 2021, the UAE National Program for Coders, in collaboration with the social networking company Facebook, announced that the camp would train 50 selected students from UAE universities on coding topics.[89][92][93]

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