حوكمة الذكاء الاصطناعي وأخلاقياته وأطره التنظيمية
Abu Dhabi is aiming to become an AI-native government by 2027. Wesam Lootah says success depends on data, resilience and keeping people accountable for the decisions that matter. More than 100 AI use cases are live.
Washington's reported proposal is that American and Chinese labs monitor themselves on AI-directed attacks. The July incident is the best evidence available about whether that works, and it points in both directions at once.
Reuters reported that Washington and Beijing are preparing a mid-September dialogue devoted to AI safety, with autonomous cyberattacks near the top of the agenda. A White House official said no such meeting is currently planned, so the first thing to establish is whether the talks exist.
Saudi Arabia has decided that the harder problem in artificial intelligence is no longer building the systems but knowing when they might fail. SDAIA has launched the National Framework for AI Risk Management, a unified reference for public and private entities alike.
The UAE has made another move designed to keep it at the front of the global race to govern with AI rather than just adopt it. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has approved the establishment of the Federal Authority for Artificial Intelligence and Data, a new body that will serve as a single national umbrella reporting to the cabinet.
Europe has spent years cast as the regulator while the US and China did the building. This week it tried to change that. The European Commission unveiled a Technological Sovereignty Package to strengthen its own capacity in chips, AI, cloud and open source.
Saudi Arabia has adopted its first national document on AI ethics in media built around eight principles covering transparency human oversight and information integrity. The framework was launched at the Saudi Media Forum 2026 in partnership with SDAIA.
Google signed a classified AI deal with the Pentagon allowing Gemini to be used for any lawful government purpose. Over 600 employees opposed it. Google signed it anyway.
Anthropic's temporary ban of OpenClaw's creator is a small story with large implications, and the developers building AI-powered tools across MENA on third-party model APIs should read it carefully, because the structural risk it reveals does not get smaller as the ecosystem grows.
Snap expanded Family Center features two days after settling an addiction lawsuit, a move particularly relevant to the Middle East where Snapchat dominates youth engagement more than anywhere else globally.