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Dubai's AI Principles and Guidelines aim to help AI developers, government and society develop AI in a safe, responsible, and ethical way.

Launched in January 2019, the AI Principles and Guidelines for the Emirate of Dubai demonstrate Dubai's broader approach to ethical AI. Accompanying the Principles and Guidelines is an Ethical AI Self-Assessment Tool built to enable AI developer or operator organisations to evaluate the ethics level of an AI system. It gives an assessment (from proof of concept to production) of the potential ethical issues that may arise throughout the development process and how specific AI applications could be improved to ensure fairness, transparency, accountability and explainability. The tool also aims to ensure careful adoption of AI in which innovation potential is optimised and where economic and social value is captured. Dubai established a governing AI ethics board, comprising government policy, academic, legal and industry experts to oversee and guide the strategic development of the tool and guidance. The Executive Council of Dubai has directed government entities to use the principles and guidelines when considering AI development, and entities including the Road and Transport Authority and the Dubai Police have formally acknowledged their adoption of the self-assessment tool when developing AI.The initiative has the following objectives:To provide commissioners, developers, and users of AI with an understanding of how AI should be developed and monitored in a way that is fair, transparent, accountable, and explainable.To ensure that the innovation potential is optimised whilst societal risks are minimised.To capture economic and social value generated through AI and boost its use in pursuit of sustainability goals.To grow AI as a segment within Dubai's broader economy.

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