Every entry is dated and traced to a named source: 102 regulations, 82 deployments, 46 pieces of evidence of adoption and 2 pieces of evidence of impact.
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Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development — Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development unveiled Dubai Leadership Coach, delivering AI leadership coaching whenever Dubai Government employees request guidance, with Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attending. Organisers bill the on-demand mentoring for officials as unprecedented in government.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Qatar) — Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology counts over 8,000 active users, 69.6 percent of 12,260 licences, in cohort two of its Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption Programme across 17 public and semi-public bodies. Some 2.1 million actions are logged, 508 sessions trained 9,000-plus staff, and this public-sector Copilot rollout spans 96 AI agent use cases.
Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi — Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi aims to skill 20,000 government employees by December via AiNative, a government AI training scheme designed with OpenAI, Microsoft and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. Officials practise on ChatGPT, Codex and Microsoft 365 Copilot; an internal trial precedes opening this civil-service upskilling to residents.
Council of Representatives (Bahrain) — Five MPs headed by Dr Hisham Al Asheeri propose Bahrain AI regulation criminalising, under the Information Technology Crimes Law, knowingly faking or doctoring someone's picture, voice or footage with AI so it passes as real and violates privacy. Jail, a fine up to BD30,000, or both could follow, capped at five years and BD50,000 when content spreads or serves blackmail, threats or defamation. The synthetic-media offence is only proposed.
UAE Government (Minister of State for AI) — The UAE wants about 80,000 state staff able to design agents and work with advanced models, said Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, calling this government AI training push very aggressive. No deadline or syllabus for the public-sector AI upskilling was offered.
Ministry of Justice (Egypt) — Ministry of Justice said it will start AI court transcription on 1 October, using speech-to-text for Egyptian dialects. Spoken proceedings become automated transcripts of hearings under judicial digitisation.
Sharjah Judicial Council — Sharjah Judicial Council adopted a court AI guide, the latest Sharjah AI regulation. The guide covers human oversight, cybersecurity, data protection, risk management and use cases across judicial and administrative work.
UAE Government Media Office — UAE Government Media Office has published a Guide to the Uses of Assistive AI for Government Communication Teams, setting ground rules for AI in government comms. Spokespeople get direction on responsible handling, process, prompt writing and everyday applications. Government Communication Network members received this assistive AI guidance alongside a New Media Academy workshop.
Ministry of Finance (Tunisia) — Tunisia's Ministry of Finance will bring AI tax audit targeting to tax inspectors, mining big data with machine learning to spot high-risk files, unregistered taxpayers, the informal economy and complex fraud. Bids are now arriving and rollout should take a year, Centre Informatique chief Salah Meddeb told a seminar in Tunis. Customs demonstrated a learning model for risky declarations, while officials stressed that machine-learning audit selection backs up human judgement.
Abu Dhabi Judicial Department — Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has switched on phase one of a Judicial AI Platform, putting AI in criminal courts via a Judicial Assistant for Public Prosecution staff. Co-built with the Department of Government Enablement, the tool sifts chosen files, suggests verdicts and writes draft rulings grounded in statute and precedent. Humans hold the last word, and an 18-month plan will spread this court AI through more judicial work in the United Arab Emirates.
Government of Lebanon, with the UAE Government Experience Exchange Programme — Lebanon's government will put one million people through AI skills training under the One Million Lebanese AI Experts initiative, run with the UAE's Government Experience Exchange Programme. Classes cover generative AI and prompt engineering for work and home. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam revealed this generative AI course at the 81st UN General Assembly in New York; no start date or delivery partner is named.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt) — Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology counts more than 40 applications of AI in government now running, says Hoda Baraka, adviser to the minister. No list of the public-sector AI tools or of the agencies using them was offered.
Ministry of Justice (Türkiye) — Türkiye's Ministry of Justice is fast-tracking UYAP AI to bring AI in the judiciary's UYAP network and shorten trials, Minister Akın Gürlek says. An AI-supported pilot already ran in Ankara Batı, İzmir and Kayseri courthouses; the Alo Adalet 135 line should go nationwide in October. Gürlek outlined this court system AI push to a Council of Judges and Prosecutors meeting in Şişli.
Egyptian Center for Responsible AI (ECRAI) and National Council for Artificial Intelligence — Egypt's National Council for Artificial Intelligence, known as NCAI, weighed the draft Guidelines for the Procurement of AI Systems by Government Entities during its September 2026 session, pairing it with a separate plan for responsible generative AI use across public bodies. Behind the draft sits work by the Egyptian Center for Responsible AI, which gathered input from state agencies and private companies to fix technical thresholds, risk checks and supplier vetting tied to governance rules for AI procurement in government. The goal: a hands-on reference letting agencies handle public sector AI purchasing and judge vendors on consistent terms.
Communications and Media Commission (CMC) — A 30-day feedback period has opened on Iraq's first AI regulation Iraq draft, a regulatory framework for AI services from the Communications and Media Commission. Rooted in Legislative Order No. 65 of 2004, it targets oversight of AI development and deployment, tighter privacy, sharper openness, digital sovereignty, and industry investment.
Hadhramaut Court of Appeal — Hadhramaut Court of Appeal, with Al-Ahgaff University's Hadhramaut Research Centre, ran a three-day programme on AI in judicial justice for governorate personnel. Topics spanned practical uses of artificial intelligence in court proceedings, legal risks, and oversight rules keeping such tools accountable within Yemen's justice system.
COP31 Presidency (Türkiye), Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change — Türkiye, hosting November's COP31 climate summit in Antalya, opened work at the UN General Assembly on the Antalya Pledge on Artificial Intelligence, a voluntary pact asking states to line up datacentre build-out with planetary warming targets. Türkiye AI policy here runs through the UN's International Telecommunication Union, co-writing a text due before the summit. President-Designate Murat Kurum argued that states should fix artificial intelligence energy rules and firms reveal how much power they consume.
National Cyber Security Centre (Bahrain) — Bahrain's National Cyber Security Centre has released Ask Amna, an AI cybersecurity awareness assistant, unveiled at Marassi Galleria with agency head Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. Residents can quiz it on web scams, pick up safer habits and vet an address before tapping. The helper joins the Bu Rashid Family, a Bahraini cast created to carry public AI safety guidance.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Qatar) — Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has closed a second round of AI training for government leaders, run by the Qatar Digital Academy for 24 officials. The Executive Leadership Programme in Artificial Intelligence covered strategy, institutional adoption, data governance, risk, organisational change and arguing a business case. Officials built artificial intelligence skills in the public sector on problems drawn from their own desks.
Communications Regulatory Authority (Iran) — Iran's Communications Regulatory Authority now grants artificial intelligence permits through one electronic counter at cra.gov.ir, the most concrete piece of Iran AI regulation yet. Firms lodge a request, then track it to preliminary approval and issue. Under the artificial intelligence licensing regime a holder may stand up compute and hosting, then market text, vision, speech and model-building products.
Dubai Electronic Security Center — Dubai Electronic Security Center has shown SARAAB, an openly published AI deepfake detection model that watches a clip end to end, at GISEC Global 2026 in Dubai Exhibition Centre. The centre calls it Emirati-made and the first such tool from an Arab government body. Developer platforms will carry the artificial intelligence video forensics model for engineers and security staff.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — AI skills training in Saudi Arabia has passed 1.2 million completions under Samai, beyond the one million sought, said Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority head Abdullah Al-Ghamdi. He spoke in Riyadh as the fourth UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence opened, showcasing national artificial intelligence upskilling.
Board of Grievances — Saudi Arabia's Board of Grievances has adopted an AI governance framework judicial administration bodies will follow, signed by president Dr Ali bin Ahmed Al-Ohaydib. It covers artificial intelligence across court processes, administration and online services: secure data handling, accountable use, alignment with domestic law. This AI regulation in the judiciary builds on principles published in March 2026, with checks assigned to the Office of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies. Approval coincided with the UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI in Riyadh.
Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (UAE) — The UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology has opened Factory Forward UAE, one platform where manufacturers find financing, expert support and technology assessments for AI adoption in manufacturing and Fourth Industrial Revolution tools. It gathers programmes that have reached more than 700 factories, 620 of them graded on the Industrial Technology Transformation Index, the entry point for factory AI adoption support.
Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis), Iran — Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has sent the National AI Development Law to the government, and Iran AI regulation now bands systems as low, limited, high or very high risk. Which of the four bands a system lands in turns on transparency, privacy, employment and public health. A National AI Organisation answering straight to the president will carry the AI risk rules, and a security assessment centre must publish results every six months.
Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform (Morocco) — Morocco has named the AI in public administration it means to field: Idarati AI, an administrative helper, and a sovereign meeting assistant transcribing Arabic, French and Darija. The Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform says its Maroc IA 2030 roadmap has turned to delivery. Also shown: opening Jazari institutes, a Data Factory, a Software Forge and a sovereign language model covering Darija, Amazigh and Moroccan context, widening artificial intelligence tools for government services.
Dubai Police, Digital Dubai — Dubai Police, with Digital Dubai, has switched on an AI shift management system for police workforce planning. The tool weighs the specialisations and skills of officers against operational requirements, recommends personnel distribution inside approved controls, and reaches departments and staff through the Smart Employee application. Digital Dubai means to offer the AI rostering tool to government entities across the emirate.
Iraqi National Security Service — Iraq's National Security Service has detailed 'Mayyiz', a cybersecurity-directorate platform for AI deepfake awareness that quizzes users on telling genuine images, video and audio from fakes and explains online fraud and disinformation methods. Billed by the service as the country's first specialised platform on AI and deepfake risks, the fake-spotting test is in preliminary trials via the government's 'Aman' platform, which hosts its data.
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Algeria) — Algeria will move to AI tax collection, Minister Kamel Baddari of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research told the opening inter-ministerial session. A second Algerian platform, spanning many sectors, should push the technology further into public services. Five committees now own delivery, and the automated tax administration work sits beneath a wider goal of 50,000 trained specialists by 2030.
General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai — Dubai's General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs launched 'Click and Travel', which lets officers clear a passenger's immigration transaction in roughly 12 to 15 seconds through biometric immigration clearance. The mobile immigration service combines live passenger records, automated pre-screening and electronic passport reading with facial recognition, and handled 31,373 passengers in a May-to-end-August pilot.
National Centre for Statistics and Information — Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information released the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, applying AI in official statistics to generate indicators efficiently and sustainably. Calling the AI-produced survey a national, world-first achievement, the centre puts average monthly Omani household income at RO1,839.3 for 2025, up 18.5 per cent on 2018.
Dubai Police — Dubai Police has deployed 36 robots for robotic process automation in policing and administration, automation robots that take routine admin work off staff. The force also finished 104 strategic and operational technology projects last year, disclosed at Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Abdulla Khalifa Al Marri's annual inspection of the General Department of Artificial Intelligence.
UAE Cabinet — UAE Cabinet has approved a Cabinet AI Advisor system of 32 specialised AI policy advisers working with ministers around the clock. These digital advisers review policy and legislation, gauge impact, benchmark global best practice and recommend; Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved it at the season's first Cabinet meeting, at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi.
Dubai Land Department — Dubai Land Department's Initial Registration platform brings AI property registration to developers, reading Emirates IDs, passports and sales contracts, extracting the relevant data and auto-filling fields. Project and transaction registration and escrow account management now share one system; senior manager Mustafa Al Rifai says data entry drops up to 80 per cent and 30-minute registrations take under five.
Government of Jordan — Jordan's government has introduced Farah, an AI government spokesperson created as a virtual character, to inform citizens and others, explain decisions and policies and speed official news, says Government Communications Minister Mohammad Al-Momani. Farah has an Instagram account, and Al-Momani later announced an English-language version of the virtual spokesperson.
Ministry of Industry and Technology (Türkiye) — Türkiye will compel AI training for civil servants across the whole payroll, a drive steered by the Industry and Technology Ministry. Lessons run from generative use and privacy to ethics and synthetic video — artificial intelligence literacy in the public service. Ministers want 30 trials across at least 10 bodies in two stages inside 12 months, five or more citizen-facing offerings on the e-Government portal, and three-year roadmaps in 12 weeks.
National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) and State Lawsuits Authority — A new agreement between Egypt's National Telecommunication Institute and the State Lawsuits Authority widens AI training for judicial officials, adding cybersecurity and digital-skills work for counsellors. It launches a second intake of the AI Ambassadors scheme, following an earlier round that introduced artificial intelligence training for judicial work. More advanced stages are set to follow.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Saudi Arabia) — AI creative tools in Saudi Arabia go free for a year to 27 million eligible citizens and residents aged 13 or over, under a widened Ministry of Communications and Information Technology deal with HUMAIN and Adobe. Adobe puts the giveaway above 4 billion dollars and set it out at LEAP 2026, covering 12 months of Adobe Firefly Standard plus Adobe Express Premium. National access to generative artificial intelligence also brings a joint HUMAIN image model on Adobe Firefly Foundry, weighted toward Saudi visual and cultural reference.
Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran and the Guardian Council — Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly voted through amendments to the National AI Development Plan at a session on 28 Mordad 1405. This Iran AI policy, formally the National AI Development Plan, then went to the Guardian Council, which examined the amended text on 4 Shahrivar 1405 and declared it consistent with Islamic law and the Constitution, clearing its last legal hurdle.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt) — Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has opened a pilot of Karnak Chat, an Arabic AI assistant running on the Karnak large language model from the Applied Innovation Center. Training drew on documents issued across the Arab world. The ministry ties the Arabic conversational AI to a digital sovereignty drive.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Cairo Court of Appeal — Cairo Court of Appeal will deploy AI for judges under a three-year protocol with Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Planned tools include intelligent search, drafting memoranda and working papers, summarisation, and cross-checking rulings, alongside a digital archive, public site and app, and staff training. This judicial AI deployment targets faster case turnaround, not replacing judges' verdicts.
Applied Innovation Center, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt) — Egypt's Ministry of Communications has released BelMasry, a free Arabic speech-to-text AI service from the Applied Innovation Center, as a public pilot. Three engines transcribe colloquial Egyptian dialects, shift text between Arabic and 50 foreign languages, and voice Arabic script. The Arabic language AI tools sit at belmasry.aic.gov.eg.
Egyptian Tax Authority — The Egyptian Tax Authority's mobile app for real-estate transaction tax uses AI identity verification against a national ID or passport, so citizens register property deals and pay online. Beyond the AI ID check, the app gives indicative prices from actual market values and serves Egyptians abroad without a tax-office visit.
Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye — The Artificial Intelligence Action Plan for 2026-2030 took effect through a presidential circular signed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and published in the Official Gazette. Now binding Türkiye AI policy, it requires public institutions to spend at least 2 per cent of investment budgets on AI projects and promises AI literacy training for five million citizens across 81 provinces within two years. A national programme will train 10,000 specialists and 100,000 application professionals under the AI plan.
UAE Federal Government — The UAE federal government's new National Agentic AI Project moves services onto agentic AI in government, keeping human oversight, with early workflows in technical support, customer service, tax auditing and procurement. Over 50 federal entities have joined, aiming to run half of federal services on autonomous AI agents within two years.
Presidency of Türkiye (Cumhurbaşkanlığı) / Ministry of Industry and Technology — Türkiye AI policy for 2026-2030 launches under the Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, adopted via Presidential Circular No. 2026/9 in Official Gazette No. 33344. Four guiding principles—Recognise, Benefit, Produce and Govern—shape goals to grow 10000 advanced specialists and 100000 wider AI professionals, push public investment toward AI projects at a 2 percent minimum, and pull USD 10 billion from private-sector backers. A National AI Board plus a National AI Ethics Board join sandboxes spanning five priority sectors, with the Ministry of Industry and Technology steering this Turkish artificial intelligence strategy overall.
Anthropic — Anthropic blocked accounts behind AI weapons development in Houthi-held Yemen, where a cell drove Claude Code for guidance, navigation and control programming across three arms efforts. From December 2025 to August 2026 on Claude Haiku, Sonnet and Opus, the missile guidance push targeted a guided rocket, a ballistic multistage missile reaching beyond 2,000km, plus proposed hypersonic glide vehicle concepts. A rocket trial misfired; no functioning weapon emerged, though the cell's offline simulation kit survived.
Communications and Media Commission (CMC) — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission has launched AI training for government staff with Zain Iraq, the Irada Foundation and Kapita Research, running six months. Officials will study strategy, governance rules, tools and analytics, forming an AI governance skills programme inside the regulator. Baleegh Abu Kalal called it a first step.
Government of Tunisia - Ministry of Communication Technologies — Sofiane Hemissi, Tunisia's Communication Technologies Minister, revealed draft Tunisia AI strategy priorities running 2026–2030, touching farming, health, energy, transport, mobility and public administration. Goals include bolstering sovereignty, safeguarding constitutional rights and hardening cyberspace against mounting threats. Lacking an Official Journal decree, this national AI roadmap stays provisional rather than enacted.
Office of the Minister of State for Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence — Out of 4193 hopefuls, 155 young Libyans won places in an AI skills training scheme by Samsung Innovation Campus and Libya's Office of the Minister of State for Digital Economy and AI. Winners finish programming and AI instruction, then earn Samsung certification.
Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Digital Transformation and Telecommunications — Sudan's Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Telecommunications are preparing the Draft Law on Regulating Data and Artificial Intelligence for 2026, part of broader Sudan AI regulation to match fast technological change. Undersecretary Mawlana Ali Khidr revealed the AI governance legislation at a workshop on workplace AI use, calling it the legal basis needed to oversee AI adoption across government and business.
Public Prosecution (Qatar) — Qatar's Public Prosecution and the Ministry of Interior have launched AI self-service kiosks letting inmates of penal and correctional institutions lodge requests by speaking in their preferred language. Requests reach the Execution of Judgments Prosecution, which reviews, decides and replies through the same AI system, and inmates can view case reports and follow each step.
Abu Dhabi Judicial Department — The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department launched an AI judicial platform that automates case-file analysis, quickly finds and compares legal precedents and helps draft legal memoranda and judicial documents. Judges retain full authority with the AI as legal assistant, in what officials call the world's first fully integrated AI-powered judicial platform.
Ministry of Finance of Sudan — Sudan's Ministry of Finance has begun AI training for civil servants, extending a new machine intelligence and digital transformation curriculum for public-sector roles to staff of the ministry plus the Audit Chamber, Internal Audit Department and Court Authority. Dr Mohamed Ali Jumaa launched the effort, framing it as a leap forward for institutions in the economic sector, with lessons oriented toward hands-on use across government work.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Egyptian Public Prosecution — Egypt has delivered AI training for prosecutors to over 2,000 Public Prosecution staff, covering responsible AI use, generative AI, project management and Microsoft 365 Copilot tools. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ran it with the National Training Academy, the Egyptian Anti-Corruption Academy, ITIDA and Microsoft, part of wider digital-skills building for legal personnel.
Ministry of National Education of Türkiye — Türkiye's Ministry of National Education says 5,676,000 users signed into MEBİ, its AI learning platform for self-study, in the 2025-2026 academic year, finishing over seven million practice and assessment tests. Cumulatively, 4,092,992 students, 731,822 teachers and 852,069 parents have used it; AI-driven prompts show pupils what to work on, and teachers get tools to track academic progress.
General Directorate of National Security (DGSN, Morocco) — Morocco's national police (DGSN) have deployed two home-designed AI patrol vehicles, Amane and Madar, in Rabat, with Casablanca and Tangier next before wider rollout. The smart patrol cars' 360-degree cameras feed real-time facial recognition and automatic number-plate reading through AI algorithms for instant checks; officers trained first, the DGSN says.
Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) — The Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) has launched the National Framework for AI Risk Management in Riyadh, for government and private bodies. It sets a national method to identify, assess, treat and monitor AI-system risks, which SDAIA says differ from ordinary software because behaviour may shift in use and outputs resist explanation or reproduction. The framework is non-binding guidance.
Marib Local Authority — Seba University and Marib governorate's local authority jointly trained 600 employees drawn from 30 state institutions in AI tools, split across six groups over five weeks. Sessions focused on deploying AI within daily office functions, aiming to lift public-service standards and speed digital transformation in Yemen.
Prime Ministry (Jordan) — Jordan's government has barred ministries, public institutions, state universities, municipalities, Greater Amman Municipality and government-owned companies from using AI to produce or alter flags, seals, official photographs, sovereign symbols or national emblems in ways that affect authenticity or approved form. The Jordan AI regulation also bans publishing or adopting AI-compromised symbols or seals; government AI rules require the original approved versions.
Yemen Ministry of Youth and Sports — Yemen's Ministry of Youth and Sports has run AI training for female civil servants for a second time in Aden, drawing participants from ministries and state institutions nationwide. Minister Nayef al-Bakri patronised the four-day programme, which the Youth Welfare Fund supports and which covers digital innovation strategies alongside hands-on AI tool use for public administration. The push reflects wider efforts to widen women's participation in applying emerging technology within government work.
National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) — New AI security rules for agents in Saudi Arabia bring agentic and generative technologies under review via draft AI Cybersecurity Guidelines from the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA), open for comment until 5 August 2026. Four pillars structure the proposal: governance, defence, resilience, third-party risk — an early regional step on autonomous-system safeguards. No AI governance timeline has surfaced since.
Ministry of Industry and Trade — Yemen's Ministry of Industry and Trade has cleared a smart programme running on artificial intelligence and reaching the public through WhatsApp, a decision taken at a meeting in Aden chaired by Minister Mohammed Al-Ashwal. Citizens will reach the department's offerings — AI government services delivered by messaging app — and the smart public-service programme will feed the RASAD platform, where complaints about trading breaches are lodged and chased, shortening handling times.
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture (Bahrain) — Bahrain's Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture is trialling AI surveillance cameras at some public sites to catch littering, vandalism and other offences, it said on 30 June 2026. Control rooms analyse the smart cameras' feeds; rollout will widen yearly across the ministry's 200-plus parks, gardens, beaches, seafronts and walking tracks. Guards cannot be stationed everywhere, the under-secretary noted.
National Centre of Meteorology (UAE) — The UAE's National Centre of Meteorology introduced agentic AI in weather forecasting, with two AI assistants in its operations rooms as a roadmap's first step. 'Al Rased' raises alerts from continuous monitoring of weather stations, radars, satellites and seismic and air-quality networks; 'Forecaster's Assistant' weighs global model outputs against numerical-model data and writes draft bulletins. Humans keep the final say, per the director general.
Ministry of Justice of Türkiye — Türkiye's Ministry of Justice has given judges and prosecutors the CBS Organisation Prediction Project, an AI case analysis tool that reads case-file data to predict which organisation a file may link to. The ministry's Directorate General of Information Technologies calls it a digital assistant meant to shorten trials and support decision-making.
Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Employment, Sport and Civil Service (Mauritania) — Mauritania's Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Employment, Sport and Civil Service introduced Morshed, billed as the country's first AI government assistant. The bilingual assistant answers in French or Arabic on the ministry's job offers, civil-service rules and youth and sport schemes, drawing on its databases and official documents and sourcing every reply.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and National Training Academy (NTA) — Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and National Training Academy launched the Artificial Intelligence for Government Organisation Leaders National Initiative, offering AI training for public sector leaders. The hands-on senior-official AI upskilling covers cybersecurity, digital twins, agentic and generative AI, data governance, ethical AI use, and strategic and digital leadership. It follows the Digital Egypt Leaders National Initiative and serves the National AI Strategy 2025–2030.
Government of Israel — 100,000 advanced AI accelerators and a freshly created National AI Directorate inside the Prime Minister's Office anchor the national AI programme Israel chartered under Government Resolution No. 4255, "Accelerating Artificial Intelligence in Israel and Establishing Global Leadership". Staff there subsequently expanded that charter into a broader AI strategy Israel now brands its National AI Action Plan, rolled out 13 August 2026.
Israel Tax Authority — Israel Tax Authority Director Shay Aharonovich says AI tax audit tools have uncovered NIS 20 billion in discrepancies, with AI-based checks comparing capital declarations against the authority's other financial data. At the Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society in Jerusalem, he said about 4 per cent of filings are scanned today.
High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) — Ahead of Morocco's September 2026 legislative elections, regulator HACA (the High Council for Audiovisual Communication) issued Decision No. 50-26, barring broadcasters from airing electoral material generated or altered by artificial intelligence that risks misleading citizens. This Morocco AI regulation still allows synthetic material for teaching or explanatory purposes, provided it carries a permanent, unmistakable label flagging its AI origin under the new AI-generated electoral content rules. The measure sits within wider guidance the regulator has set for election-period media coverage.
UAE Cabinet — One new body, the Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority, now runs UAE AI governance after the Cabinet folded in three offices: the Office of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, TDRA's Digital Government Sector, and the UAE Data Office. Answering to the Cabinet, it sets strategy, rules, and compliance checks, and builds outside ties under national AI regulation.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — The Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) has issued 10 documents shaping Saudi Arabia AI regulation on ethical, responsible use. The set anchors national AI rules for deployment across the Kingdom, reinforcing SDAIA's governance role in the Year of Artificial Intelligence 2026. It covers deepfake guidelines, AI ethics principles, generative AI principles aimed at government entities and the public, a national data and AI professional standards framework, and an academic qualifications framework for the AI specialty.
Tax Inspection Board (VDK), Ministry of Treasury and Finance (Türkiye) — Türkiye's Ministry of Treasury and Finance says its Tax Inspection Board will launch the AI-supported Bilinç Platform this year, letting taxpayers see and fix board-identified tax risks before any audit or penalty. Phase one gives AI tax risk scoring, combining over 150 rule-based tax analyses with machine-learning scenarios, and inspectors may be assigned to taxpayers seeking help.
Ministry of Education (Jordan) — Jordan's Ministry of Education counts over a million students and 100,000 teachers using Siraj, the AI learning assistant launched by the ministry in October 2025. Students put questions, get curriculum-tied explanations and revise for exams; teachers draft explanations and create curriculum-linked questions and activities, with integration into the ministry's learning management systems under way.
National Employment Agency (ANAPE) — AI job matching now runs inside Mauritania's National Employment Agency (ANAPE), pairing jobseekers' abilities against open vacancies far faster than before. Minister of Youth Empowerment, Employment, Sports and Civil Service Mohamed Abdallah Ould Loly cast this as one piece of a larger campaign to modernise public-sector hiring channels through digital means, alongside branch offices already stretched to eight localities nationwide. The shift signals broader momentum toward AI in public employment services across the nation.
UAE Federal National Council — UAE's Federal National Council enacted the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence Content Regulation Law, effective 1 September 2026. This AI content regulation law mandates labels on AI-generated images, video and text on UAE-licensed platforms, plus registration and disclosure rules for data brokers. Penalties reach AED 5 million per breach under this AI-generated media regulation, the GCC's first such federal framework.
Government of National Unity (Libya) — Libya's prime minister, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, oversaw adoption of a National Charter for AI Ethics in Tripoli on National Technology Day, together with a national AI strategy for 2026–2030. The government presents this AI ethics charter as a move to regulate AI technologies; the source does not detail its individual provisions.
Government of National Unity — A new Libya AI policy sets four numeric benchmarks for 2030: 80 percent of government entities running AI solutions, 10000 civil servants trained, 100 AI startups backed, and 50 percent of government transactions automated. Tripoli's Government of National Unity approved these goals through its National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2026-2030, paired with a companion National Charter for AI Ethics. Together the two documents anchor AI adoption in the government sector as the plan's defining ambition.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and General Directorate of Public Security — Saudi Arabia's KACST, working with the General Directorate of Public Security, unveiled Roya, delivering AI crowd monitoring Hajj coverage at the holy sites. Merging GIS with orbital pictures, the tool measures congestion, follows pedestrian and vehicle movement, and pinpoints heat zones across some 2,000 images plus 126 aerial missions spanning Hajj and Umrah, with automated crowd density tracking spanning raw capture through live output.
Ministry of Finance (UAE) — The UAE Ministry of Finance has introduced AI call centre analytics that record and assess calls, reading caller sentiment and showing unhappy calls red and resolved ones green on a managers' dashboard. It also logs call length, resolution time and each handler's performance score, and nudges agents mid-call to swap casual phrases for formal, service-minded language.
Council of Ministers of Algeria — Algeria's Council of Ministers, under Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, has approved a national AI strategy for 2025-2030 spanning six pillars: research, skills, infrastructure spending, ecosystem growth, oversight rules, and priority fields such as health, energy and farming, plus sovereign AI models. This Algeria AI strategy, an artificial intelligence roadmap for Algeria, draws on 74 master's programmes at 52 universities training 57,000 computer science students.
UAE Cabinet — UAE Cabinet backing now covers a federal framework pushing 50% of ministry operations into agentic AI government services within two years, part of the Agentic AI Project. Each entity builds a team, led by its minister, fixing targets and indicators for this agentic AI public sector implementation. Duties sit clearly with every federal body named in the plan.
General Directorate of Customs (Tunisia) — Tunisia's General Directorate of Customs added an AI module for AI customs risk targeting to the national customs selectivity system that picks declarations for control, it said on 16 May. Its machine-learning algorithms sift customs big data, automatically flagging high-fraud-risk operations to sharpen checks and speed compliant traders' goods.
Israel Courts Administration — Israel's courts administration is extending 'Chat HaMishpat', an AI assistant for judges, from pilot to every judge's and legal assistant's chambers, 1,650 people. The court AI tool, built on Google's Gemini engine by the administration's digital technologies division, handles only case documents securely, summarising pleadings and testimony, analysing documents and making tables. It is meant to lift technical work from judges without touching judicial discretion.
Iraqi Ministry of Planning — Iraq's Ministry of Planning has used AI census analysis to turn the huge dataset from the 2024 population census into indicators for development plans and investment priorities. Spokesman Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi adds that automated contractor naming and classification now runs within Central Organisation for Standardisation and Quality Control services.
Sultan of Oman — Sultan Haitham bin Tarik's Royal Decree 50/2026 creates an AI special zone, the Artificial Intelligence Special Zone, in Muscat Governorate, granting resident firms exemptions, incentives and facilities under Oman's Law of Special Economic Zones and Free Zones. The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones oversees this AI free zone with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.
ACCIA (Association des cadres de contrôle, d'inspection et d'audit dans les structures publiques tunisiennes) — ACCIA, Tunisia's audit and inspection body for public staff, trained 160 OOUN officers on generative AI in public procurement in Tunis, under an ACCIA-OOUN partnership. Coverage spanned needs identification, tender writing, bid judging and compliance checks, reflecting growing interest in AI-assisted purchasing tools across Tunisian institutions.
Cabinet of Iraq / Prime Minister's Office — Iraq AI policy now centres on a cabinet-backed roadmap covering 2024 to 2030, revealed at the Baghdad Tech Forum with USD 250 million earmarked over four years. The Iraqi Artificial Intelligence Group, under the Prime Minister's Office, drafted it around oil, public banking, healthcare, agriculture and Arabic-language government services. By 2028, 60% of government AI processing must run on servers inside Iraq.
Ministry of Vocational Training and Education / Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises — Algeria's Ministry of Vocational Training and Education and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises have started an AI training programme for ICT specialists at the El Rahmania National Specialized Vocational Training Institute in Algiers, targeting 500,000 workers by 2030 under this artificial intelligence skills scheme for technology workers. Instruction runs eight weeks, then four weeks building startup projects, across a 12-week course; instructor coaching began 15 January 2026. The effort ties to a wider digital strategy targeting artificial intelligence for 7% of GDP by 2027.
National People's Assembly deputies of Algeria — Algeria AI regulation has reached parliament: APN deputies filed the country's first AI legislative proposal, awaiting Bureau review. The bill would govern AI development and use to protect citizens and spur innovation, widen the ANPDP's oversight to AI systems, and extend privacy rules to AI-specific risks like profiling and automated decision-making, plus a legal basis for public-sector AI procurement.
Municipality of Tripoli Centre — Libya's Municipality of Tripoli Centre is building BaladiyaBOT, an AI civic assistant for municipal services, backed by GIZ and the EU. It will pilot locally before wider rollout as a local government chatbot.
Yemen Customs Authority — Yemen Customs Authority (YCA) trained 17 staff in AI training for customs officials on 16 April 2026, closing a four-day course at its Aden centre with the Arab Academy's Institute of Administrative and Banking Training. Coursework covered AI tools in customs administration: analysing data, automating workflows and aiding decisions. YCA head Abdulhakim al-Qubati called it a strategic move toward a modernised customs system.
Ministry of Local Development and Environment (Egypt) — Egypt's Ministry of Local Development and Environment will introduce AI drone monitoring with geospatial analysis under a Drone Tech agreement. The aerial surveillance will track sources of pollution such as the seasonal 'black cloud' from crop burning, plus illegal building, waste dumping and encroachment on nature reserves, aiding environmental inspection. Governorates will be covered in phases.
Government of Jordan — Jordan's Regulation No. 13 of 2026, the Digital Media Regulation Bylaw, now imposes AI disclosure in digital media on every licensed operator. Article 18 bars AI-generated fake, misleading, inciting or hateful output and requires consent before personal data trains AI systems. Binding from 23 May 2026 under Media Commission oversight, following Council of Ministers approval on 5 April and Official Gazette publication on 23 April, it is Jordan's first such AI transparency rule.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — Saudi Arabia's SDAIA has floated a draft Responsible AI Policy for public comment, reaching state and private bodies via Istitlaa, due 3 May 2026. This Saudi AI regulation grades systems into four bands, critical to low, forcing registration, ethics labels and audits on the riskiest, plus new inspection and data rules. Feedback closed, it becomes a binding Saudi AI governance framework.
Abu Dhabi City Municipality — Abu Dhabi City Municipality now has 27 AI inspection vehicles under its Unified Inspection System. Using cameras, detection systems and automated analysis, they spot visual problems in public spaces unaided and send locations and data to inspection teams, reducing manual inspections. Recorded visual-distortion cases climbed from 3,632 in 2024 to 18,851 by end-2025, which the municipality puts down to wider coverage rather than more problems.
Government of Mauritania (National Competitions Committee) — Mauritania held its first entirely digital public recruitment exam, with AI recruitment screening verifying online applicants' data, says Prime Minister El Moctar Ould Djay. Of 1,459 applications, 513 were accepted; facial recognition checked identity, the test ran on camera-fitted tablets and marking was automatic. The National Competitions Committee planned further digital exams for IT engineers and specialist doctors.
Israel Judicial Authority — Israel's Supreme Court president, Yitzhak Amit, and courts director Tzachi Uziel have issued an AI ethics code for courts to every judge, registrar and staff member. Prepared by a recently appointed team, the judicial AI rules set principles for responsible use across the courts' work and will be reviewed and updated periodically.
Supreme Court of Israel — Israel's Supreme Court made Ramat Gan municipality pay a resident NIS 30,000 in costs after AI-fabricated citations tainted its court filings and its school-transport decision for a special-education pupil. Justice Noam Sohlberg noted the erroneous, partly invented, likely AI-generated references recurred three or four times, even after the court raised them, and said uncontrolled AI use by a public authority toward citizens is especially serious. The municipality says it will learn from this and pursue the lawyer responsible.
National Council for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) — Egypt's National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies published its national generative AI policy on 14 March 2026, a principles-based framework spanning five categories of users, from developers to everyday individuals. These generative AI guidelines tackle hallucination, misinformation, synthetic media, bias, privacy and intellectual property risks, with dedicated rules for agentic AI, deepfakes, classroom use and disclosure duties. The document is built as a living guide meant for periodic revision, not a fixed rulebook.
National Council for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) — Four risk tiers, prohibited through minimal, now classify AI systems in Egypt under a fresh National AI Governance Framework cleared by the National Council for Artificial Intelligence. Five ethical principles underpin the rules, paired with a dual-check process for high-risk tools and separate rules for general-purpose AI models, building toward binding legislation ahead. Guidance on trusted, responsible and generative AI regulation followed simultaneously.
Ministry of Interior (Iraq) — Iraq's Ministry of Interior has issued 'Controls and Ethics of AI Use in the Ministry of Interior – 2026', AI ethics rules drafted by the ministry's cybersecurity directorate on ministerial orders. These AI use controls rest on national AI ethics from a specialist government team and international data-protection and human-rights standards, to strengthen digital security.
Communications and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) — CITRA opened feedback on a proposal called "Guidelines for Adopting AI in the State of Kuwait," reaching across every industry. Kuwait AI regulation weighs moral safeguards, privacy protections and alignment with the country's growth agenda, accepting responses through 20 April 2026. It marks CITRA's debut national AI governance framework.
Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) — CITRA released the Guide to Adopting Artificial Intelligence in the State of Kuwait, version 1.0, setting out how businesses and government bodies should responsibly pursue AI adoption in Kuwait. The document addresses governance structures, data handling, infrastructure needs and workforce skills, tying these to Kuwait Vision 2035, as part of the country's broader approach to AI adoption. A public feedback period, closing 20 April 2026, has now ended.
General Directorate of Taxes (DGI, Morocco) — Morocco's General Directorate of Taxes announced on 18 February an AI property valuation trial using public property-price comparables in Rabat and Casablanca, built with Moroccan start-up Yakeey. Director general Younes Idrissi Kaitouni reports approval and signed contracts, and the price comparables should end valuations varying by inspector in property and transfer-pricing audits.
Judiciary of Iran, Statistics and Information Technology Centre — Iran's judiciary unveiled 'Smart SAMP', an AI case management system first piloted in three provinces, South Khorasan, Qom and Lorestan, from Dey 1404 (late December 2025 to January 2026). Judges each get an assistant that answers legal queries using legal sources and harmonises precedents and advisory opinions, while smart tools handle case referral and expert-review assignment, says the judiciary's statistics and IT centre head.
Iraqi Judicial Institute — Iraq's Judicial Institute now treats artificial intelligence as a fixture of judge and prosecutor training, after UNESCO closed a five-month AI judicial training course. Brussels funded the work via the Social Media for Peace scheme. This AI literacy requirement for judicial education is now standard, not a single workshop.
Central Agency for Information Technology (Kuwait) — Kuwait's Central Agency for Information Technology will set up, with Sprinklr, one system for handling citizen and resident enquiries across every state body, starting with an AI contact centre overhaul of Wasel 101. The agency says Wasel 101 will then sort and forward queries automatically, run real-time analytics and give the AI-assisted call centres virtual assistants and smart agents.
Erbil Governorate — Erbil Governorate flipped the switch on Project Judy on 12 February 2026, hailed as the first AI legal research system anywhere in Iraq or the Kurdistan Region. The launch at the Kurdistan Bar Association drew the Governor and the Minister of Justice, with courts, lawyers and public agencies expected to lean on the new tool for case analysis, evidence discovery and file handling. Organisers say the AI-driven legal assistant should thin out backlogs and take weight off judges.
Libyan Audit Bureau — Libya's Audit Bureau has rolled out an AI assistant for government audit staff called DewanBot, built in-house by its own IT office. The tool helps employees draft official reports and correspondence while cutting the time needed to locate information, forming part of a wider digital transformation push within the Bureau. This AI-assisted auditing deployment reflects a broader adoption of modern government technology tools.
Central Elections Commission of Palestine — The Palestinian Central Elections Commission built Nazih, an AI voter assistant for the April 2026 local elections and new election law. The AI-powered election chatbot runs on the commission's website, WhatsApp and Facebook, logging 22,000 queries in its January 2026 trial.
General Traffic Department, Ministry of Interior (Kuwait) — Kuwait's General Traffic Department will soon bring AI traffic enforcement to delivery vehicles, public transport, car rentals, ride-hailing services and taxis through an electronic monitoring system. The system will watch driving behaviour, spot violations and issue automated citations in real time, supporting prosecution of offenders.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — SDAIA and Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education have unveiled SAMAI 2, extending AI training for government workforce staff into 11 ministries spanning healthcare, finance, justice and energy. The scheme follows SAMAI 1's 2025 reach of over 1.1 million trained citizens, now shifting toward sector-specific coursework for civil servants, aimed at lifting AI literacy among public-sector employees and productivity across government.
General Authority of Customs (Qatar) — Qatar's General Authority of Customs launched AI customs classification and other AI services on 26 January 2026, opened by the finance minister on International Customs Day. Smart Harmonized System classification proposes the tariff code from the first shipment-data entry, pre-classification hints speed and sharpen customs officers' decisions, and an agentic AI service and customs-information virtual assistant join them.
First Lady of Mauritania and Ministry of Education — Mauritania's First Lady, Dr Mariem Fadel Dah, unveiled 'Artificial Intelligence in the Service of the Republican School' in Nouakchott, a national push for AI in education grounded in ethics and sovereignty. Teachers gain sharper tech skills, lessons improve, and the nation stakes a claim as a regional model for safe classroom adoption. Public, private and academic groups share one structure to push it forward together.
House of Representatives and King of Morocco — Morocco's Organic Law No. 53.25, reworking Organic Law No. 27.11 on the House of Representatives, now lists "artificial intelligence tools" as a possible instrument for election crimes. Anyone who deploys such tools to circulate fabricated content or false news aimed at damaging candidates or electoral integrity risks two to five years behind bars under this AI election law. Deputies passed the measure on 1 December 2025, the Constitutional Court validated it on 24 December 2025, and Dahir No. 1.25.70 sealed the electoral integrity legislation into force.
Egyptian Cabinet — Egypt's Cabinet has widened the National Council for Artificial Intelligence's remit to cover quantum computing, biotechnology and other emerging fields, renaming it the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies. This Egypt AI policy move backs startups and lifts global standing via new rules under the broader Egypt AI regulation drive. Dating to 2019, the council is chaired by Egypt's IT minister.
Ministry of Treasury and Finance (Türkiye) — Türkiye's Ministry of Treasury and Finance has deployed KAŞİF, AI fake invoice detection that screens about 4 million taxpayers daily. Built by the Revenue Administration's GİB Teknoloji and the TÜBİTAK Artificial Intelligence Institute, the machine-learning system picks out high-risk taxpayers likely to issue fake documents for Tax Inspection Board audits.
General Authority for Communications and Informatics — Libya's General Authority for Communications and Informatics opened a year-long AI training for engineers and technicians, run with the Indian Embassy through the ITEC programme. Trainees take quantum computing and artificial intelligence upskilling at specialised centres in India.
Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform — The Rabat-launched 'Morocco AI 2030' roadmap anchors Morocco AI policy, targeting $10 billion in GDP growth, 50,000 AI jobs and 200,000 trained AI graduates by 2030. Branded 'AI Made in Morocco', the national AI strategy founds the JAZARI research-institute network and plans sovereign data centres and cloud infrastructure.
Dubai Municipality — Dubai Municipality is piloting AI litter detection with cameras on waste trucks watching roads, neighbourhoods and public spaces for littering and illegal dumping. Instant image analysis puts violations on digital dashboards for quick field action; littering costs up to Dh500, under the emirate's Smart Waste Management framework.
Council of Ministers Secretariat General (Qatar) — Qatar's Council of Ministers Secretariat General opened the first phase of its 'Smart Legislative Advisor', an AI legislative drafting tool built with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The legal-drafting AI checks drafts against regional and international laws, tests consistency with the constitution and current legislation, and handles language and proofreading review, supporting legislative professionals rather than replacing them.
Presidency of Turkey — A Public Artificial Intelligence Directorate General now operates inside Türkiye's Presidency Cybersecurity Directorate, overseeing government AI applications. Mehmet Fatih Kacır said it will draft public-sector AI systems rules, data governance benchmarks for e-government, and coordinate AI deployment across ministries. The National Technology Directorate's name also changed to reference artificial intelligence.
Public Prosecution (Oman) — More than 90 percent accuracy: that's the figure Oman's Public Prosecution cites for a fresh AI judicial document analysis trial developed alongside Rahal Company. Rather than moving case files elsewhere, the tool composes questions for parties involved, readies rulings destined for storage or onward referral, and holds sensitive material on in-house systems throughout. It forms one strand within a wider experimental push from the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, covering health, procurement, cybersecurity, open data and education alongside AI in the judiciary.
UAE Government — 97 percent AI tool use among government organisations defines this year's UAE government AI adoption milestone. Beyond 450,000 coders work nationwide, funded partly through a $1 billion pledge toward worldwide progress via AI initiatives. 44 percent of entities deploy high-performance computing spanning 91 use cases in healthcare, finance and security.
Ministry of State for Technology and Artificial Intelligence (MITAI) — Kamal Shehadi released Lebanon's first draft framework for Lebanon AI regulation, covering artificial intelligence use nationwide as a national AI framework for coming years. A tiered-risk model shapes coverage of health, finance, education and public services, backed by five years of pilots, capacity-building and joined-up government digital systems.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology — Qatar has released its draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy for comment, one of six digital policies under a Qatar AI regulation push for the economy. Five pillars anchor it: infrastructure, data, skills, institutional capacity, and governance. Feedback runs via Sharek, part of a unified national AI strategy.
Civil Service Commission (CSC) — Kuwait's Civil Service Commission (CSC) launched Cloud Digital Leader, pairing AI training for government employees with cloud skills. Run with the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) and Google Cloud, it is free, accredited, with a free licence for the certification exam, building artificial intelligence competencies.
Ministry of Digital Transformation and Modernization of Administration — 300 Mauritanian civil servants are gaining AI and cybersecurity skills for public administration under a 12-week scheme from the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Modernization of Administration and Germany's GIZ. Nouakchott hosts the programme, branded 'Qualification du fonctionnaire', training staff from multiple sectors in using AI to boost output and safeguard data via the Centre de Formation et d'Échange à Distance — AI training for government workers at scale.
National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCIAVHR) — In Aden, 65 personnel from Yemen's National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCIAVHR) joined a UN-backed session covering AI for documenting human rights violations, arranged with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Held 14 to 18 December 2025, topics ranged across OSINT methods, digital security, transitional justice and psychological wellbeing for rights workers. NCIAVHR framed it as advancing AI-assisted human rights documentation, building capacity for investigations that satisfy international standards.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology — MCIT and Scale AI launched ALIF, a government AI training scheme for Qatar's public workforce, delivered through the Qatar Digital Academy. Two strands make up the AI skilling programme: ALIF Core for office staff and ALIF Tech for specialists, both certified. The initiative debuted at World Summit AI Qatar 2025.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and National Planning Council — Scale AI is joining Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the National Planning Council to craft an AI-powered decision-making tool for public bodies. Officials hope it will forecast trends and steer policy using economic and social data, reflecting a wider shift toward AI in government data analytics.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology — Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has nearly doubled Microsoft Copilot use for government AI adoption, expanding from 9 to 17 entities in phase two of the Adopt Microsoft Copilot programme. Phase one produced a 62% take-up rate, over 9,000 users, 1.7 million tasks completed and 240,000-plus hours saved, with public-sector AI uptake backed by Qatar Digital Academy training.
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt — Over 55,000 kilometres of Egypt's canals and drains fall under a fresh AI water management push from the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, part of the Second Generation Egyptian Irrigation System. Predictive software estimates coming Nile River levels to sharpen supply, while airborne and orbital sensors spot weed growth, catch rule-breaking and log riverbank changes. Hani Sewilam unveiled the effort at the World Water Congress in Morocco as AI-driven irrigation management nationwide.
Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) — Türkiye's KVKK released a 15-question guide on generative AI data protection, explaining how such systems process personal information under Law No. 6698. It covers privacy risks and compliance duties for data controllers, part of an AI data privacy compliance push for organisations using large language models.
Ministry of Finance / Lebanese Customs — Sixty containers an hour: that is the throughput now claimed for new AI cargo scanners customs teams are using at Beirut Port, under a wider reform drive in Lebanon. An AI programme reads each container's contents, keeps images on file for six months, and forwards scans to foreign customs agencies, Finance Minister Yassine Jaber said. Phase one of the plan covers this 60-container-per-hour equipment; later stages bring an integrated IT system and AI-based risk analysis.
Palestinian National School of Administration — The Palestinian National School of Administration delivered AI training for civil servants to 35 IT and human resources staff from 18 ministries and government institutions. 'AI in Government Work: Practical Applications and National Visions' targeted use cases in public administration with Arab Administrative Development Organisation, GOV Campus and International Advisory Group. Public-sector AI skills outputs will feed the State of Arab Government Administration 2026 report for Dubai's World Government Summit.
Communications and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) — CITRA, Kuwait's Communications and Information Technology Regulatory Authority, is overhauling its Kuwait AI regulation to curb data misuse and unify standards nationwide. Khaled Al-Zamil expects specifics within a year, backed by workshops and consultations shaping fresh oversight tools for the technology across industries.
Ministry of Interior — Bahrain's Ministry of Interior is trialling AI traffic enforcement using 500 smart cameras from Beyon Solutions. The system automatically catches speeding drivers, red-light violations, handheld phone use and unfastened seatbelts. Officials will assess results at these selected locations before deciding on a wider smart camera network across the kingdom.
Government of Sudan — Three new agencies now sit under Sudan's Ministry of Digital Transformation and Communications, following a 5 November 2025 decree from Prime Minister Kamil Idris that set up the Sudanese Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority alongside two sister bodies. Handling this Sudan AI regulation brief means the authority oversees how national data is managed and governed, while pushing government agencies toward using AI for decisions and building public services. It functions as the state's central AI governance authority, though details on the other two agencies are not covered here.
Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) — Kuwait's Central Agency for Information Technology has joined Microsoft on AI training for government leaders, branded 'Enabling the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Ministers and Senior Officials in Government Institutions.' Copilot sessions launch the scheme. A Copilot Center of Excellence then extends AI training for public officials nationwide.
Sana'a Capital Secretariat (أمانة العاصمة) — Directors from every executive office under Sana'a Capital Secretariat gained skills in AI in administrative work at a course run by its Training and Qualification Office. Major General Abdul Ghani Jameel, Minister of State and Mayor of the Capital, launched the programme, centred on equipping senior officials with data analysis methods and practical AI uses to strengthen government services. Attendees also examined local barriers and possibilities for adopting such digital tools in public administration.
Ministry of Justice and Supreme Judiciary Council — UNICRI joined Qatar's Supreme Judiciary Council to run a five-day session on AI in criminal justice for Court of Appeal and First Instance Court judges in The Hague. Qatar's Ministry of Justice, through its Centre for Legal and Judicial Studies, had already briefed legal professionals in two April sessions on criminal liability from AI technologies.
Ministry of Municipality — Building permits in Qatar now take 120 minutes, down from 30 days, after the Ministry of Municipality rolled out its AI-powered building permit system. Engineering drawings get checked automatically against approved standards, with up to 70% of the process running without human input during this first phase. Cross-checks draw on Qatar's GIS land data plus records held by Ashghal and Kahramaa, an automated permit approval process replacing what was previously manual review.
Qatar Financial Markets Authority — Nasdaq has equipped QFMA with an AI trading surveillance system, ranking it among the first regulators worldwide to deploy artificial intelligence for this purpose. Part of the build runs on AI-based software, sharpening detection of suspicious transactions and shielding market integrity.
Abu Dhabi Customs — Four customs tasks now run on generative AI in customs clearance at Abu Dhabi Customs, through the newly launched Clearance.AI platform shown at GITEX Global 2025. Shipments that are non-restricted clear on their own, prices are checked against benchmark values, registration numbers get verified, and transactions are scanned live to catch discrepancies. These automated trade valuation checks form the first phase of the agency's push toward faster, cleaner processing.
Kuwait Ministry of Interior — Kuwait's Ministry of Interior has deployed an AI-powered smart security patrol built by local engineers, extending AI in law enforcement nationwide. Onboard tools include facial and plate-recognition cameras, a fingerprint reader, and real-time image analysis linked to central records for instant identification. This ties AI-based policing to existing databases for on-the-spot matches.
UAE Public Prosecution — AI translation for courts launched in the UAE on 13 October 2025, when the Public Prosecution piloted its Bayan Smart Translation Centre, converting interrogation and courtroom recordings into bilingual written records within minutes. Presight engineered the underlying judicial translation software on its Vitruvian platform, adding voice-based speaker recognition, sensitivity to regional dialects, and encrypted logs for accountability. Qualified human linguists must still confirm accuracy, since the system does not operate without oversight.
Social Security Institution (SGK) — Roughly 100 bin people in Türkiye have received fraud notices after SGK rolled out AI pension fraud detection. The AI-supported audit system cross-references payment histories, job records and tips to expose fake insurance status and sham divorces filed for survivor benefits. Accuracy is unconfirmed.
UAE Human Resources Development Council — Emirati jobseekers now have a trial system for AI job matching: the UAE Human Capital Platform, launched by the UAE Human Resources Development Council. Qualifications and labour demand shape each suggested vacancy, while built-in tools handle employer analytics and virtual interviews, an AI-driven career-matching approach for national talent.
Ministry of Justice — Türkiye's Ministry of Justice has set up a new AI and Data Analytics Branch Directorate inside its Information Technology General Directorate, part of a wider push on AI in judicial administration. The unit will oversee tools already summarising lengthy expert reports in seconds, easing clerks' workloads under this AI in court systems effort, while judges, prosecutors and lawyers keep final say over rulings. Minister Yılmaz Tunç framed the technology as assistive rather than decision-making, stressing that human legal professionals remain firmly in charge.
Council of Ministers, Lebanon — Lebanese ministers backed a bill making the State Ministry a full Ministry of Technology and Artificial Intelligence (MITAI), pending parliament vote. Kamal Shehadi said it will set national AI strategy, build rules, launch one public platform, fight cybercrime — central to Lebanon AI regulation and artificial intelligence governance.
Ministry of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Modernization of Administration (MTNIMA) — Mauritania's Ministry of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Modernization of Administration trained 30-plus officials from the Justice, Transport, Finance and Digital Transformation ministries on an AI-powered low-code platform for government services in Nouakchott. Kitsoft, a Ukrainian GovTech firm, and the ITU taught staff to prototype and deploy eID-linked tools via Liquio — AI-assisted government software development in practice. The work supports a wider ITU-led Global GovStack scheme for independent digital service-building.
Ministry of Family and Social Services — Türkiye's Family and Social Services Ministry switched on an AI-supported management model for welfare on 14 September 2025, seeking wider reach for social assistance and welfare programmes, an early case of AI in social services. Citizens now get help from digital assistants steering them toward benefit claims, while automated routing sorts applications, algorithms scan social media for child protection risks, and analytics feed into sharper service planning, an AI-supported welfare management push.
Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) — Saudi Arabia's AI copyright infringement case ended with a SR9,000 fine, the country's first such enforcement action. The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property found that a person had altered a private photograph with artificial intelligence, then republished it commercially without the owner's consent — an AI-generated content copyright violation under national law.
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources — The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) now runs an AI-powered HR assistant serving over 50,000 federal employees across the United Arab Emirates. Spanning 108 services, it automates about 80% of self-service HR-related procedures and answers 80% of HR-related inquiries automatically, saving an estimated 170,000 work hours yearly in technical and legal support. Built on an AI agent platform, it works via FAHR's app or site, in Arabic and English, an AI HR automation tool for the federal workforce.
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology — Mu'een, Oman's first large language model, launched at COMEX 2025's Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing forum, reaching 20,000 Omani civil servants in its opening stage. Built on domestic data to protect digital sovereignty and Arabic, this AI language model for government employees aids analysis, summarising and drafting, advancing generative AI for government administration.
Municipalité de Sousse — Sousse's municipality has installed four facial recognition surveillance cameras at Bab Jebli and near the Ribat in the city's historic medina, tracking pedestrian and vehicle flow with footage sent straight to the municipal police operations room. The move brings AI-powered monitoring technology to a Tunisian old town where narrow streets and dense tourist traffic have long challenged conventional policing.
Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Ministry of Justice — Egypt has certified 462 legal professionals through the 'AI Ambassadors - State Cases Authority Batch' scheme, jointly run by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Justice. The National Telecommunication Institute taught the 36-hour course on AI ethics, legislative challenges, and tools such as ChatGPT and OpenAI, reflecting broader AI in legal training efforts. Graduates across all batches of this AI for legal professionals scheme now exceed 1,100 since it began.
Qatar Cabinet — Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology gains a new administrative unit after the Cabinet approved a draft resolution creating the National Center for Artificial Intelligence. The move restructures the ministry to define the centre's remit, forming part of a broader push on Qatar AI governance to coordinate AI development and oversight across government entities. Officials frame the body as a coordinating hub for national AI regulation efforts rather than a standalone agency.
Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) — Aetosky and Bahrain's Survey and Land Registration Bureau have begun phase two of an AI building violation monitoring project, shifting from adopted technology toward full in-house control. Satellite imagery now underpins the Bureau's own detection of urban and natural change nationwide, rather than reliance on outside operation. A prior stage with the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture had already lifted efficiency by over 60% using this AI change detection system.
Ministry of Justice of Egypt — Egypt has switched on an AI remote litigation system for criminal courts, starting at East Alexandria Primary Court through the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Software now listens to pleadings, rulings and defendants' statements, producing finished written records without stenographers typing minutes by hand. Engineers at the Ministry's Applied Innovation Centre built the platform locally, reaching above 96 per cent accuracy, and authorities plan to extend this AI-based court transcription across every criminal and economic courtroom nationwide.
Ministry of Education, ICESCO — ICESCO held a three-day Tunis workshop on AI in education and strategic foresight for Tunisia's Ministry of Education. The session ran with the Tunisian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture and the National Centre for Educational Technologies, part of wider regional AI policy in education efforts.
Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy — Officials have moved Iran's AI assistant for government decision-making, dubbed the 'AI for the President' project, into active rollout, Hossein Afshin said. Executive-agency data now streams into smart dashboards, arming the cabinet with immediate recommendations on pricing, tariffs and broader economic strategy. An AI-based cabinet decision support system is expected to yield its first tangible output before the Iranian year closes.
Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) — A four-pillar structure — legal compliance, adoption, public awareness, cross-border cooperation — now binds every government body under this Bahrain AI policy. Bahrain's Information & eGovernment Authority enforced it with the GCC's Guiding Manual on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Use, linking national AI regulation to Economic Vision 2030 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Government of Algeria — Algeria's Law No. 25-11 narrows the automated-decision rule in the country's data protection framework, Loi 18-07, under Algeria AI regulation: the blanket ban on decisions made solely by automated processing now covers only criminal-justice bodies. It adds a formal definition of 'profilage' and requires a Data Protection Officer, tightening algorithmic decision-making oversight in criminal justice while easing it elsewhere.
Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) — Turkey's Grand National Assembly received the country's first comprehensive AI regulation Turkey has proposed, on 23 July 2025: the Bill of Law on Amendments to the Turkish Penal Code and Certain Laws. This AI governance legislation gives artificial intelligence a formal legal definition, splits criminal liability between developers and users, and forces deepfake material to be labelled within six hours. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority gains power to fine offenders up to 10 million lira; the bill remains under committee review.
Muscat Governorate — A week-long course for civil servants in Oman's Muscat Governorate, "Implementing Artificial Intelligence in the Work Environment," ran July 20 to 24, 2025, delivering AI training for government employees. Instruction blended foundational theory, applied techniques and real-world examples of AI-assisted decision-making, meant to leave staff capable of building AI-based tools themselves. The underlying purpose was boosting how efficiently public services operate.
Ministry of Interior — Bahrain's Ministry of Interior won the 2025 Bahrain Digital Content Award for its AI addiction recovery app, an AI-powered addiction treatment tool built by the Human Resources Directorate to track and boost drug recovery rates. The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Evidence runs the wider scheme behind it, using artificial intelligence to study behavioural drivers and craft tailored interventions. It took the Government-Citizen Partnership category.
Ministry of Interior of Egypt — Egypt's Ministry of Interior is trialling an AI traffic enforcement robot along the New Administrative Capital's roads, a smart traffic monitoring system engineered domestically. Fitted cameras spot infractions and forward the footage to a central operations room, while the device also fields questions from passers-by and offers directions. Expansion into other governorates is envisaged.
Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform — An AI supervisors training programme Morocco has launched covers 770 recruits from Guelmim, Tadla, Agadir and other regions, who will run AI awareness sessions for young people at youth centres nationwide. Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni's Ministry of Digital Transition partners with the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University for balanced coverage.
Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) — Sawaher, an AI surveillance system for Hajj run jointly by the Saudi Data and AI Authority and Ministry of Interior, draws on 5,000-plus smart cameras across 80 holy-site and entry-point locations. Density figures and anomaly alerts flow to 18 agencies and 600-plus field staff, underpinning pilgrimage crowd monitoring across Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait Ministry of Finance — Trasul Plus, Kuwait's AI-powered correspondence system for the Ministry of Finance, drafts suggested replies, scans incoming mail, takes dictation and fixes spelling mistakes, jointly built with Microsoft on Azure cloud. All 3,972 ministry staff use the AI correspondence platform, logging 241,946 procedures, 17,934 memoranda and 8,033 outgoing letters within its first quarter.
Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament) — Lawmakers in Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly backed the National Artificial Intelligence Plan 187 votes to 33, one member abstaining, under an Iran AI policy that sets a 2032 deadline for ranking among the top 10 AI-harnessing nations worldwide. The outline requires AI use across 45% of industries, seeks a 12% GDP share from AI, and earmarks roughly $115 million for research and development funding. This marks approval of the plan's general framework, not a completed law, reflecting Tehran's wider push on national AI strategy.
Council of Ministers of Iran — Topping the charts for artificial intelligence capability throughout South-West Asia, while breaking into the worldwide top ten, sits at the heart of Iran's newly cleared Government Document on the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology — approved by the Council of Ministers on 24 Ordibehesht 1404 (14 May 2025) as the backbone of Iran AI policy. Governance now shifts to a purpose-built coordination body under this AI development and application framework, tasked with folding AI into strategic technologies, tightening data quality and safeguards, scaling up computing resources, lifting technical know-how nationwide, championing knowledge-based ventures, and fostering trustworthy AI adoption. Separate rules address who may reach public datasets, how AI marketplaces function, sandbox testing regimes built for AI, and the credentials demanded of contractors.
Israel Police — AI in law enforcement generated invented statutes that surfaced in a criminal filing from Israel Police, referencing two legal sections lacking any real basis. Mid-hearing at Hadera Magistrates Court, over a seized phone, Judge Ehud Kaplan spotted the fabrication, remarking that 30 years on the bench hadn't prepared him for AI-generated legal citations. Once defence counsel objected, officers dropped the claim.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology — Qatar AI policy now includes a formal ethics framework, released 8 May 2025 by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology under the title Principles and Guidelines for Ethical Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence. Rather than binding rules, the document offers eight guiding values: preventing harm, ensuring robustness, maintaining security and safety, reducing bias, protecting the environment, safeguarding privacy, promoting transparency, keeping humans central to design, and holding humans accountable. Practical advice follows on assessing risks and their impacts, governing data, overseeing systems by humans, and watching over their full lifecycle. Because these AI ethics guidelines carry no legal force, compliance remains voluntary for developers and deployers alike.
Ministry of Labour — Two minutes, not weeks: Qatar's Ministry of Labour now completes AI application processing that fast. An automated review pipeline built on Microsoft's AutoGen framework drives the work, splitting eight agents into two roles — five judge each case, three keep the exchange impartial and accurate.
Israeli Privacy Protection Authority — A first-of-its-kind AI regulation Israel measure has arrived from the Privacy Protection Authority, applying the Privacy Protection Law to artificial intelligence systems. Draft rules demand lawful grounds throughout development and use, mandate consent and opt-in steps, let people challenge flawed algorithmic outputs, and ban harvesting personal data from the web for training — forming Israel's Israeli AI data protection guidance. Enforcement under Amendment 13 follows once comments close on 5 June 2025.
Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) — Bahrain's iGA taught staff across its directorates AI tools for government productivity, running a workshop titled 'AI Tools for Employee Productivity' at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance. Its Innovation and Advanced Technologies Directorate led the session, covering prompt engineering and generative AI for civil servants alongside hands-on daily-task exercises.
Royal Oman Police — Phone use and unbuckled belts now trigger automatic flags under Royal Oman Police's AI traffic enforcement system. Image analysis confirms each breach unaided, while the same network tracks congestion at junctions. Brigadier Engineer Ali bin Hamoud Al-Falahi confirmed the AI-powered surveillance units are running at major intersections.
Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK — Personal Data Protection Authority) — Türkiye's KVKK (Personal Data Protection Authority) has issued AI data protection guidance for anyone building, supplying or deciding with such systems. Publication No. 76, 'Yapay Zekâ Alanında Kişisel Verilerin Korunmasına Dair Tavsiyeler' (Recommendations on Protection of Personal Data in the Field of Artificial Intelligence), calls for lawfulness, transparency, minimal data use and bias safeguards from the outset, plus human oversight and accountability — the essence of personal data protection in artificial intelligence. High-risk projects need a Privacy Impact Assessment, and anyone hit by an automated decision keeps the right to challenge it.
Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) — Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space and Technology Commission has opened consultation on a draft Global AI Hub Law, an AI data hub regulation closing 14 May 2025. Three hub types, private, extended and virtual, join a data embassy scheme letting foreign entities hold data under home-country law inside Kingdom facilities. This AI infrastructure law targets global status in computing and digital sovereignty.
Tamkeen (Labour Fund) — Tamkeen's AI training programme aims to give 50,000 Bahrainis artificial intelligence expertise by 2030. Bahrain's Labour Fund split the effort into three strands: executives get grounding in adopting AI strategically, ordinary staff learn automation and analytics tools day-to-day, and specialists build systems from scratch. Outside firms and domestic institutions jointly run the coursework, ordered into motion by the Chairman of Tamkeen's Board of Directors.
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology — Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) rolled out the General Policy for the Safe and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems, branded the National AI Policy 2025, setting out Oman AI regulation built on humanity and society, fairness and inclusion, and accountability. This national AI governance framework has MTCIT tracking public-sector adherence, reporting to the Council of Ministers, while regulators enforce it sector by sector.
Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication — Morocco is rolling out an AI chatbot government portal feature on the redesigned MAROC.MA site, Minister Mehdi Bensaid told parliament. It aims to simplify access to official records and smooth the experience for every visitor, acting as an AI-powered virtual assistant for public services.
National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection (CNDP) — Morocco's CNDP ruled that AI and personal data protection falls under existing Law 09-08. No new legislation is needed: the same safeguards already cover automated processing. This guidance on AI data privacy extends current duties to AI tools.
Presidency Digital Transformation Office — Government AI training for civil servants in Turkish public administration reached its first milestone as the Presidency Digital Transformation Office finished a 140-hour course for 24 technical staff chosen by the Ministry of National Defence, under the Public Sector AI Transformation Project. Graduates covering machine learning, deep learning and open-source tools received certificates, completing this public sector AI transformation programme's opening cohort.
Iraqi Interior Ministry (Response and Control Directorate) — Iraq's Interior Ministry has switched on AI surveillance across Baghdad, installing 3,000 smart cameras under its Safe City project's opening stage. Built-in software flags crime, fires, road collisions and fugitives, routing alerts to the 911 emergency response centre without any public phone call. Rollout so far covers only Rusafa, though the Response and Control Directorate plans to widen the AI-powered monitoring network into Babylon, Karbala, Najaf, plus airports and borders.
Government of Kuwait — Kuwait will extend Microsoft Copilot for government employees across every ministry, under a strategic partnership with Microsoft that hands civil servants AI help for drafting, analysis, meeting summaries and finding information. Omar Al-Omar, Minister of State for Communications Affairs, called it a regional first. Plans also include a locally hosted Azure region powered by AI and a Copilot Center of Excellence, spreading an AI assistant for public sector staff nationwide.
Administrative and Recruitment Organisation of Iran — Every executive body bound by Iran's Civil Service Management Law must now deliver AI training for government employees, under Circular No 116958 (14/12/1403) from the Administrative and Recruitment Organisation. Coverage includes basic concepts, practical tools, governance issues and long-term strategy, building AI literacy among staff and showing where it fits into daily paperwork. Compliance updates are compulsory, with room for extra specialised sessions if gaps remain.
Cabinet of Ministers of the Government of National Unity — Libya's Cabinet of Ministers created the National Programme for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation under Decision No. 40 of 2025, dated 28 February, tasking it with AI in public administration. The new body stands as its own legal entity with a separate budget, sitting inside the Government Communication Centre and reporting to the Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs. Its brief: speed up public-sector workflows, grow state digital skills, shape AI rules, and push big-data analytics into how government decisions get made — reflecting broader government AI policy goals.
Ministry of Communication Technologies — Tunisia's Ministry of Communication Technologies will open its national AI strategy to public consultation by end-February 2025, Sofiene Hemissi said. Thirty diaspora specialists joined local experts in drafting the Tunisia AI policy, spanning infrastructure, skills, legal frameworks, governance and ecosystem-building. The wider artificial intelligence roadmap, shaped by these 30 contributors, is still being finalised.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, National Council for Artificial Intelligence — The National Council for Artificial Intelligence, under the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, issued the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2030 second edition, unveiled by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Egypt AI policy rests on six pillars for national AI planning: skills development, ecosystem, infrastructure, data infrastructure, technology development and governance.
Dubai Customs — Two seconds flat: that is the new turnaround for sorting goods into their Harmonised System code via Al-Munasiq 2.0, versus roughly a full working day previously required. Dubai Customs engineered this AI goods classification tool atop artificial intelligence plus big data analytics, wiring it into worldwide supply networks, and by mid-2025 it had racked up over 56,000 requests while 86% of users embraced it. Reach now stretches beyond the UAE, with this AI customs classification system pulling downloads from 117 nations.
CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation — AI-powered dialogue tools in Yemen gave mediators fresh insight into public sentiment across 18 governorates during peace talks led by the CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation. A tailored WhatsApp chatbot combined with the T3C Sensemaking Tool (Talk to the City) logged 94.53% survey completion, with women at 36.76% of respondents. That data now informs Yemen's peace process through this AI-assisted conflict dialogue method.
Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) — Kuwait AI policy takes shape as CAIT unveils a draft national AI strategy spanning 2025 to 2028. Five sectors anchor the rollout: government, healthcare, energy, education and transport, with Kuwait pitched as a regional AI leader by 2028. The blueprint ties into the country's wider Kuwait Vision 2035 agenda.
UAE Cabinet — UAE Cabinet approval has given the country its International Stance on AI Policy, guiding UAE participation in global AI governance and setting domestic AI goals within an international cooperation framework. This UAE AI policy rests on six pillars — advancement, cooperation, community, ethics, sustainability, security — jointly developed by the Office of the Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology and the AI Office, feeding into the nation's stance on international AI regulation.
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology — The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology's National Program for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Digital Technologies upgrades the 2022 Executive Program and anchors Oman AI policy for 2024–2026. Its three pillars cover AI adoption in economic sectors, AI localisation and human-centred AI governance. The national AI strategy spans a National Open Data Platform, National AI Research Centre, AI Studio and Omani language model.
Ministry of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Modernization of Administration — Twelve objectives, thirty measures, five priorities: Mauritania's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2024–2029 covers skills, research, data governance, AI ethics, and use across healthcare, education, farming, transport, energy and defence — a national AI policy reaching most industries. The Ministry of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Modernization of Administration leads it; a sub-committee under the Supreme Council for Digitalization oversees it. The OECD AI Policy Navigator lists it active.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — SDAIA (Saudi Data & AI Authority) launched Saudi Arabia's AI Adoption Framework at the third Global AI Summit: a roadmap for embedding artificial intelligence government-wide, covering maturity assessment, AI offices, and best practices. This national AI adoption strategy also confirmed 23 government entities now have active AI offices.
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran — Under Iran AI regulation, the Statute of the National Artificial Intelligence Organisation (NAIO) took effect on 10 July 2024, following a decree from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and the naming of its first Executive Director. Answering directly to the President of Iran rather than any ministry, this new national AI governance body pulls licensing, compute planning, technical standard-setting and sandbox oversight under one roof, while also driving forward a homegrown Persian large language model. Its founding statute further demands that data stay within national borders, that public-facing tools work in Persian, and that riskier applications like facial recognition undergo ethics review.
Parliament of Egypt (House of Representatives) — A 24-article draft on AI governance in Egypt, put forward by lawmaker Amira Saber, would become the country's first such statute before parliament. Artificial intelligence systems get sorted into risk tiers, eight practices such as deepfakes and biased algorithms face a ban, and public agencies must roll out AI within three years, each ministry and governorate appointing its own AI officer under this artificial intelligence oversight legislation. Cover against cyberattacks and data breaches becomes compulsory too; the bill has yet to clear parliament.
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran — Iran's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution ratified the National Artificial Intelligence Document of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 29 Khordad 1403, launching an Iran AI policy of 14 policies and 11 major goals. A National AI Organisation and Steering Council for AI must now stand up, chasing a top-ten world AI ranking within ten years. Ministries and agencies inherit duties under this national artificial intelligence strategy, covering infrastructure, data, ethics and workforce skills.
UAE Cabinet / Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office — 12 ethics rules steer how UAE federal bodies design and deploy artificial intelligence, under a Cabinet-approved Charter for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. Safety, bias mitigation, privacy, transparency, oversight, accountability and legal compliance anchor this AI governance UAE framework, kept advisory rather than compulsory. It underpins the UAE AI Strategy 2031, giving agencies a common blueprint for responsible AI deployment.
General Authority for Communications and Informatics — Libya has a National Artificial Intelligence Policy from the Communications and Informatics Authority, tied to World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, slogan 'Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development'. This Libya AI policy backs ethical AI across government: ethics rules, transparency standards, infrastructure, local skills. Part of a national AI strategy.
National Cyber Security Agency — Version 1.0 of Qatar's AI security guidelines arrived from the National Cyber Security Agency in 2024, giving organisations across every sector a voluntary, bilingual Arabic/English playbook titled Guidelines for Secure Adoption and Usage of Artificial Intelligence. Rather than mandating compliance, the document builds practical advice around three pillars — people, process, technology — spanning the full AI lifecycle: strategic alignment and risk assessment feed into data governance and model security, while oversight by humans, risk in the supply chain, ongoing monitoring and response to incidents complete the picture. This secure AI adoption framework carries no penalties for non-compliance, leaving uptake to individual organisations.
Ruler of Abu Dhabi — Law No. 3 of 2024 created Abu Dhabi's Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council (AIATC), giving it authority over AI regulation Abu Dhabi-wide. Its brief covers research, infrastructure and funding for artificial intelligence and advanced technology, plus project oversight, placing one body in charge of AI policy oversight across the Emirate.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — Saudi Arabia's Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) has issued a generative AI government policy for public sector bodies: the Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidelines for Optimal Adoption in Government Entities. The framework demands compliance with data classification standards, enforces privacy and security safeguards, bans use of restricted data, requires responsible deployment practices, and mandates that humans review every output before release. Each entity must also create a dedicated data management office or AI governance unit. The move sits within Saudi Arabia's broader drive toward AI regulation, though binding enforcement mechanisms remain unspecified.
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and Ministry of Justice — Israel's Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and Ministry of Justice built their Israel AI regulation strategy around one idea: "Responsible Innovation", set out in their policy document "Policy, Regulation and Ethics Principles in the Field of Artificial Intelligence." It lists six regulatory and six ethical principles matched to international standards, favouring sector-specific regulators, proportionate risk assessment, and non-binding guidance tools over hard law. This AI governance model keeps oversight decentralised across industries rather than concentrated in one central authority.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) adopted the AI Ethics Principles, a Saudi Arabia AI policy covering every developer and user of AI systems. Its seven principles are accountability; transparency and explainability; reliability and safety; humanity; fairness; social and environmental benefits; and privacy and security. This national AI regulation uses a four-tier risk classification, with optional, penalty-free registration.
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Start-ups and Micro-enterprises — Under Algeria AI policy, Minister Kamel Baddari's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research joined Minister Yacine El-Mahdi Walid's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Start-ups and Micro-enterprises to launch the Scientific Council for Artificial Intelligence (Conseil scientifique de l'intelligence artificielle), also known as the National AI Council. Professor Merouane Debbah leads 28 specialists from universities, business and public bodies. Tasks ahead: shape a national AI development strategy, gauge resources, refresh curricula, build partnerships.
Palestinian Cabinet (Council of Ministers) — The Palestinian Cabinet approved the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, grounding Palestine AI policy in a lasting AI industry fed by research, skills development and technological infrastructure. Five pillars structure the plan: AI for Government, AI for Development, AI for Capacity Building, AI and Legal Framework, and International Activities. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy oversees delivery of this national AI strategy via the National AI Team.
Palestinian Cabinet of Ministers — A formal Palestine AI policy now exists: the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, cleared by the Cabinet of Ministers and built by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy to guide artificial intelligence responsibly and sustainably. Aims run from modernising administration to lifting outcomes in agriculture, water, healthcare and schooling, growing technical skills, and setting ethical and legal guardrails. This national AI strategy pairs growth with oversight.
National Council for Artificial Intelligence — The National Council for Artificial Intelligence endorsed the Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI at its seventh meeting, chaired by Communications and Information Technology Minister Amr Talaat. This Egypt AI policy mandates thorough impact assessments before government AI projects and gives ecosystem actors 13 general and 16 implementation guidelines. Five ethical principles anchor this national AI governance: fairness, accountability, human-centeredness, security and safety, transparency and explainability.
Government of Israel — Israel's National Program for Artificial Intelligence, adopted via Government Decision No. 173, commits up to NIS 500 million between 2023 and 2026 for research and AI infrastructure. A new coordination hub under the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology will handle AI policy implementation and rollout nationwide.
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology — Government Decision No. 173 tasked Israel's Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology with building a central hub for coordinating national artificial intelligence oversight. This body, the Government Center for AI Regulation and Policy, links government agencies, advises on ethics and rulemaking, sets direction, handles cooperation abroad, and drives adoption of AI in public administration. Since September 2024 it has also chaired the national expert forum on the technology, anchoring Israel's approach to AI governance coordination.
UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence / AI Office — The Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence published the AI Ethics Principles and Guidelines, a non-binding UAE AI policy for designing, procuring and deploying AI across public and private sectors. Principles cover safety, privacy, fairness, transparency, accountability, human oversight and environmental sustainability. A self-assessment tool lets organisations test systems against this national AI governance approach.
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, approved by the Cabinet — A national roadmap now anchors Jordan AI policy: the Cabinet has signed off on the AI Strategy and Implementation Plan 2023-2027, aiming to position the kingdom among regional leaders in artificial intelligence. Priorities include growing homegrown expertise, funding research, attracting entrepreneurial investment and putting safeguards around responsible AI use. Officials also want AI deployed to sharpen efficiency across government and other priority industries, extending AI in public sector efficiency more broadly.
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, approved by the Council of Ministers — Jordan's Council of Ministers signed off on the National Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics, giving the Kingdom one moral baseline for AI systems, rooted in local religious and societal norms and matched to the UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation. Jordan AI regulation now rests on seven named pillars: humanity/society, inclusiveness/justice, privacy/data, transparency, accountability/responsibility, reliability/integrity/authenticity, and environmental sustainability. This makes ethical AI development a formal goal of national policy.
Cabinet of Qatar / Ministry of Communications and Information Technology — Qatar AI policy took shape through Cabinet Decision No. (10) of 2021, which sets up a National Artificial Intelligence Committee based at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), tasked with rolling out and tracking progress on the country's National AI Strategy. The inter-ministerial body coordinates AI-related work across government entities, proposes programmes to build human capacity, backs AI start-ups, and speaks for Qatar at international AI forums. This reflects Qatar AI regulation extending into national AI governance and oversight; the decision was issued 1 September 2021.
Palestinian Council of Ministers — Palestine's National AI Team, formed 6 September 2021 by the Council of Ministers under the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy, seats ministries, academics and private-sector figures. Its brief: vet AI policy, feed the national AI strategy, order priorities, steer rollout follow-up, build partnerships and handle AI ethics — an AI governance structure covering both direction and oversight.
Government of Israel — Israel handed its Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology overall charge of AI policy Israel-wide under Government Resolution No. 212, spanning regulation, data rules, ethics, cross-border cooperation and public-sector uptake. An inter-ministerial team, chaired by the Ministry's Director General, now studies artificial intelligence questions and drafts proposals. The setup concentrates national AI governance under one office rather than scattering it across departments.
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology — Oman's government ministries and state units gained fresh direction on AI adoption in government through a Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology circular, built on six values: inclusiveness, empathy, accountability, equity, transparency, security. Officials frame public-sector artificial intelligence use as advancing Oman Vision 2040 and Fourth Industrial Revolution goals.
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, approved by the Council of Ministers — Jordan's Council of Ministers fixed the country's Jordan AI policy, adopted 20 December 2020, covering every major part of the economy and readying legal, regulatory and technical foundations for wider use of this Jordanian artificial intelligence strategy. Five strands hold the plan together: oversight structures, rules and legislation, digital networks, conditions for business and investment, and skills-building. Implementation sits with a new National Ministerial Committee for Artificial Intelligence, led by the Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship.
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) — Saudi Arabia AI strategy plans, formally the National Strategy for Data and AI, set 2030 as the target year for ranking among the world's top data-driven economies. The Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) drew up the roadmap, later signed off by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, mapping out phases that move from addressing urgent domestic needs, to strengthening long-term competitiveness, to becoming a major global supplier and consumer of data and artificial intelligence.
Cabinet of Egypt, Prime Minister — Egypt's National Council for Artificial Intelligence traces its authority to a 2019 decree from Mostafa Madbouly, sitting within the Prime Minister's office and led by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. As the leading force behind Egypt AI policy, it drafts the National AI Strategy alongside ethics guidance for wider AI governance.
Ministry of Transport and Communications (now Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) — Qatar AI policy rests on the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, signed at QITCOM, which structures government action around six themes: schooling, data sharing, jobs, enterprise, scholarship and ethical safeguards. Officials cast this as an 'AI+X' paradigm intended to spread machine-learning use through every part of the economy. The national AI strategy still guides Qatar into 2026, tracked by the Artificial Intelligence Committee for compliance.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia) — A royal decree in Saudi Arabia set up SDAIA, the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, as the kingdom's single national body for AI regulation and data policy under Royal Order No. (A/471). Reporting straight to the Prime Minister, SDAIA governs three arms: the National Data Management Office, the National Center for AI, and the National Information Center, forming the backbone of Saudi data and AI governance.
UAE Cabinet — The UAE Cabinet formed the UAE Council for Artificial Intelligence, chaired by the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, to steer AI adoption across government departments and education. This is UAE AI policy in practice: rules for an AI-friendly ecosystem, advanced research, and cooperation between federal and local entities under national AI governance.
UAE Cabinet — UAE National Strategy, adopted by the Cabinet, targets worldwide dominance in artificial intelligence by 2031. UAE AI strategy spans eight pillars touching healthcare, transport, energy and schooling: cultivating an AI destination, nurturing a fertile ecosystem, and weaving AI adoption in public services into everyday dealings between residents and the state. Officials brand it pioneering, unmatched elsewhere across the region or the planet.
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