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This initiative predicts future costs for each water plant and for each main spending category, such as electricity, chemicals, labor, and maintenance. It helps finance and operations teams plan budgets better, spot unusual cost increases early, and make better decisions on where to control spending. It was developed to improve cost visibility, reduce surprises in future expenses, and support more efficient management of water production assets.

The Nusuk Card System is a comprehensive IoT and AI-driven crowd management initiative designed to facilitate and secure the Hajj journey for over 1.8 million pilgrims. By utilising RFID-enabled smart cards and a network of over 800 surveillance cameras equipped with AI analytics across the Holy Sites, the system tracks pilgrim movements, ensures adherence to scheduling plans, and prevents overcrowding.

This initiative develops an AI-powered inspection tool that helps SFDA inspectors verify whether food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and medical device products comply with SFDA regulations. Inspectors can photograph or scan a product, and the system automatically extracts key details and checks them against official registration databases and safety standards. The tool was developed to reduce manual inspection time, minimise human error, and strengthen public health protection.

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.

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.

AI has witnessed a rapid development in the past two years. Establishing AI offices in government helps coordinate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in a structured, safe and strategic way. They create opportunities for innovation, stronger governance, and improved trust in AI-powered government services.

Estishraf is an initiative by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority that enables evidence-based decision-making across government. It uses advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to analyse integrated government data, simulate policy outcomes, detect patterns and emerging risks, and generate actionable insights for policymakers. The initiative helps government entities better understand economic and social trends, evaluate policy impacts, strengthen national planning.

This initiative is an AI-powered tool developed for the Saudi Water Authority that automatically reads and interprets complex engineering diagrams used in water desalination plants. It identifies equipment, classifies plant processes, and allows engineers to ask questions about the diagrams through a chat interface. It was developed to reduce the time and manual effort required to analyse these technically complex documents.

Social Media Analysis is an AI system that automatically classifies content from X (formerly Twitter) to support the Water Authority’s leadership. It replaces a 4-hour daily manual process with automated sentiment, location, and problem classification. By feeding daily insights into the Observatory Dashboard, it enables higher management to understand citizen feedback and service reports instantly, significantly improving digital transparency and public engagement.

H2O AI Assistant is an AI portal for water sector leadership and employees to query our water sector knowledge base via natural language. It empowers executives and managers by providing instant access to unstructured documents and structural databases, streamlining decision-making. Developed to break down information silos and modernise data retrieval, it uses generative AI models to turn complex records into actionable insights, ensuring our leadership remains data-driven and efficient.

HumAIn is Saudi Arabia's national AI company, serving as the flagship platform for national AI infrastructure under the Vision 2030 strategy for economic diversification. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has allocated more than $40 billion to AI-related ventures including HumAIn, focusing on the physical underpinnings of AI, energy, data centres, semiconductors, and connectivity, to position Saudi Arabia as a global compute hub for emerging markets across Africa and Asia.

LEAP, organized annually in Riyadh, is one of the worlds largest tech events, bringing together global leaders to showcase innovation and address challenges, with SDAIA powering the AI-focused DeepFest.

Artificial Intelligence Mission AI.M aspires to stimulate a comprehensive system of innovation in the field of artificial intelligence and contribute to strengthening the Kingdom's leadership role regionally and globally in artificial intelligence within the next 5 years.

ICESCO, SDAIA, and the UN organized the Global Artificial Intelligence Assembly in Riyadh to explore AI's potential in driving sustainable development and global collaboration.

The Global Smart City Forum in Riyadh is a global platform where the world's distinguished experts in the fields of AI and smart city building gather to discuss important topics related to the future of these cities and their impact on human communities.

The initiative seeks to establish guidelines for secure and responsible data sharing to protect privacy and confidentiality.

SDAIA launches the Open Data Datathon to develop talent and skills in data science, foster innovation, and address real-world challenges using open data.

The Program aims to contribute to achieving the objectives of the National Strategy for Data & AI and position the Kingdom among the leading countries in AI by providing external scholarships for national competencies and fostering global competition.

The Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework (CCRF) by the Saudi Communications, Space, and Technology Commission (CST) provides guidelines to ensure secure, efficient, and transparent cloud computing services in Saudi Arabia.

In September 2024, Minister of Education Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan and Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) President Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi launched the "One Million Saudi in AI" initiative , aiming to empower 1 million Saudis in artificial intelligence (AI).