The 2022 Global AI summit begins with launch of several new international initiatives

The 2022 Global AI summit begins with launch of several new international initiatives

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia,/PRNewswire/ -- The Global AI Summit 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