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Government reportUAE Office for AI, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications2017-10

UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031

By UAE Cabinet

The federal strategy adopted by the UAE Cabinet setting out eight objectives for AI adoption across government and priority sectors, with 2031 as its horizon.

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Why it matters

This is the document every other UAE AI policy - federal or emirate-level - sits underneath. Before reading anything about the Dubai AI Seal, the UAE AI Office or emirate-level AI committees, this is the strategy those bodies were created to execute.

Key takeaways

  • Sets eight strategic objectives, from building an "AI destination" reputation to ensuring strong governance and effective regulation.
  • Names priority sectors for AI deployment: energy, logistics, tourism, healthcare, technology, education, environment and transport.
  • The UAE became the first country to appoint a Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence to lead the strategy's execution.
  • Cited economic target of AED 335 billion in additional non-oil GDP contribution from AI by 2031.

UAE / MENA relevance

This is not a resource about the UAE - it is the UAE's own resource. Every organisation operating here that touches AI is, directly or indirectly, operating inside the framework this strategy set out in 2017.

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