Comprehensive coverage and updates on سياسات الذكاء الاصطناعي across the MENA tech ecosystem.
Saudi Arabia is pushing into global standards for AI via a UNESCO ethics forum in Riyadh, an ISO board seat, ISO 42001 certificates and new copyright rules for training. Rankings have jumped. Writing the world’s model rules is still unfinished.
A memorandum signed on the sidelines of LEAP puts the national AI authority into a commercial telecom conversation, rather than a policy or infrastructure one.
The Communications, Space and Technology Commission set out a five-dimension readiness framework for technology companies, against research putting AI tool adoption among Saudi internet users at 45.2%.
Opening DeepFest's third day, SDAIA's chief strategy officer described a shift to considering AI from the outset when services are designed — and put a workforce-adoption figure behind the case for it.
The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority opened DeepFest 2026 alongside LEAP in Riyadh, with more than 100 speakers from 17 countries across the AI-focused programme.