The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

Saudi Arabia revealed its National Strategy for Data & AI (NSDAI) which aims to make the country a global leader in Artificial Intelligence by 2030.

The Responsible AI Policy promotes the responsible development and use of AI aligned with ethical principles across the whole AI lifecycle. It shapes the direction for providing clear guidance to manage risks while enabling innovation. It promotes ethical and responsible use as well as mitigating harms such as bias, privacy violations, and misuse, while strengthening trust and accountability in AI systems.

This initiative is about establishing guiding principles for the use of AI across the media content lifecycle, including production, editing, publication, and redistribution on media and digital platforms, to ensure responsible and safe use, mitigate associated risks, preserve media integrity, and protect societal values and individual rights. These principles are developed to address growing challenges related to misleading, false, and fraudulent content, deepfakes, algorithmic influence.

The National Artificial Intelligence Index (NAII) is a strategic initiative to assess and monitor the level of AI adoption readiness among government entities in Saudi Arabia. The index launched its initial phase this year with 30 government entities and it provides a structured measurement framework built on three main pillars covering seven core dimensions and twenty-three sub-domains. The Index classifies the maturity level into six main levels, each level reflects a specific stage in AI.

RASID is an AI-powered inspection system developed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority to support inspectors at border checkpoints. The system analyses images of medicines carried by travelers to detect controlled substances and verify compliance with regulatory rules. It improves inspection speed, accuracy, and consistency while protecting public health and preventing misuse of restricted drugs.