Saudi Arabia eyeing AI future ahead of G20 summit

Saudi Arabia eyeing AI future ahead of G20 summit

Saudi Arabia eyeing AI future ahead of G20 summit

Saudi Arabia eyeing AI future ahead of G20 summit

Saudi Arabia eyeing AI future ahead of G20 summit

Addressing a media briefing in Riyadh on Thursday, Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, president of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, said Saudi Arabia will be a global artificial intelligence leader by 2030. (AN photo by Basheer Saleh)

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Saudi Arabia eyeing AI future ahead of G20 summit

Al-Ghamdi: "We have finalized all logistic and procedures to set up the SDAIA Artificial Intelligence Company“

Updated 20 November 2020

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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will be a global artificial intelligence (AI) leader by 2030, a prominent Saudi expert has said.

Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, president of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), made the comments during a media briefing on shaping new frontiers at the International Media Center in Riyadh ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit.

Last year, the authority developed the Estishraf Platform, an AI-based platform that utilizes data to create diversified insights and respond to the top priorities of decision-makers in Saudi Arabia.

"Through this platform we were able to earn revenues amounting to SR43 billion ($11.5 billion), only in 2019,“ said Al-Ghamdi. "Undoubtedly, this is an excellent indicator