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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/

The Global AI Summit [https://globalaisummit.org/en/default.aspx] officially

opened on Tuesday, gathering private sector leaders, government officials, and

renowned academic professionals from around the world for a series of

discussions on the future of AI. The three-day Summit, hosted by the Saudi Data

and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), is set to convene more than 200

speakers from 90 countries and 10,000 participants.

"During the G20 in 2020, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia drove global consensus

towards the OECD principles of trustworthy AI. How AI must be inclusive,

human-centered, transparent, robust, and with accountability," said H.E. Dr.

Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology in

Saudi Arabia. "We cannot afford for algorithms to be biased or sexist. We

cannot afford to not have the right data sets and the right context."

"Beyond the ethical application of AI, it is critical that we advance AI truly

together as humankind, sharing our best practices, our expertise, our

resources, and our challenges to ensure no one is left behind in unlocking the

potential of AI," added H.E. Dr. Abdullah Alghamdi, President of SDAIA.

A series of announcements will be made at the Summit, all aimed at advancing

the use of data to solve some of world's biggest challenges in areas such as

healthcare, energy, and sustainability. On the opening day, ministers signed

the Riyadh AI Call to Action Declaration, an agreement outlining the Digital

Cooperation Organization's (DCO) long-term vision to use AI technology to

benefit people, communities, nations, and the world as a whole.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also unveiled its AI Ethics Principles on the

Summit's opening day. Designed by SDAIA and based on global and domestic

standards, the framework will serve as a practical guide for incorporating AI

ethics throughout the AI system development life cycle.

Speakers at the Summit include Amin Nasser, CEO of Aramco, Sebastian Thrun, CEO

of Kitty Hawk, and Dr. Jürgen Schmidhuber, Director of AI Initiative at KAUST.

Saudi Ministers also participated in discussions on the first day of

programming, including: H.E. Fajad Al-Jalajel, Minister of Health, H.E. Dr.

Majid Bin Abdullah Al Kassabi, Minister of Commerce, and H.E. Bandar Ibrahim

Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources. Journalists from

regional and international outlets also attended the Summit in person and

through the livestreaming

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChCxaXJEtSbngEsmyR0vrfg] made available to

remote attendees.

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Source: SDAIA