{"name":"Applied AI in Oman — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Oman, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/oman","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Oman","slug":"oman","iso2":"OM","region":"Middle East & North Africa"},"nationalStrategy":{"name":"National Program for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Digital Technologies (2024–2026)","year":2024},"counts":{"entries":16,"deployments":10,"evidenceImpact":1,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":4,"industries":6,"countries":1,"linked":16},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","role":"Government statistician","org":"National Centre for Statistics and Information","text":"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.","date":"2026-09-07","source":"https://www.muscatdaily.com/2026/09/07/ncsi-unveils-ai-powered-household-income-expenditure-survey/"},{"kind":"evidence-impact","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Oman","org":"Ministry of Health, National Centre for Virtual Health","text":"Oman's national AI diabetic retinopathy screening has examined over 43,000 retinal images and flagged over 12,000 patients, about 30% of those screened, for specialist review, per the director of the Ministry of Health's National Centre for Virtual Health. Over its first seven months it reached 91.3% accuracy and 85% sensitivity, cut specialist eye-clinic waiting lists 87%, reduced appointment waits from 62 days to eight and trimmed operating costs 43.2%. AI eye assessments now take roughly fifteen minutes, where pupil-dilating drops once meant about an hour and a half; phase one spans 25 health institutions.","date":"2026-08-24","source":"https://www.omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/3/show/472501"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Transport & Logistics","region":"Oman","role":"Road paving crew","org":"Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (Oman)","text":"Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has introduced the country's first AI asphalt paving technology on phase four of the Sultan Said bin Taimur Road dualisation in Maqshan, Dhofar. The goal is faster construction at high quality; contractor Galfar Engineering & Contracting says the self-paving system coordinates paving machinery and cuts manual work on site.","date":"2026-05-20","source":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1189957/oman/community/transport-ministry-launches-omans-first-ai-asphalt-paving-tech-in-dhofar"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","org":"Sultan of Oman","text":"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.","date":"2026-04-30","source":"https://decree.om/2026/rd20260050/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","role":"Prosecutor","org":"Public Prosecution (Oman)","text":"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.","date":"2025-12-23","source":"https://www.mtcit.gov.om/media-4/news-announcements-11/news-85/mtcit-enhances-partnership-and-innovation-within-the-national-program-for-artificial-intelligence-and-advanced-technologies-1106"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Oman","role":"Radiologists and orthopaedic doctors","org":"Khoula Hospital","text":"Muscat's Khoula Hospital now runs an AI spinal MRI scans platform, built with technology partner Civilization, that drafts preliminary diagnostic reports directly from imaging data. Clinicians get a head start on decisions instead of writing findings from a blank page. The rollout sits within a broader AI-powered radiology platform pilot programme overseen by Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.","date":"2025-12","source":"https://timesofoman.com/article/166500-oman-ranks-3rd-globally-in-ai-healthcare-deployment-as-ministry-launches-national-initiatives"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Oman","role":"University administrators and academic advisors","org":"National University of Science and Technology","text":"Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and the National University of Science and Technology have launched the A2M Platform (BIMANIC), applying AI in higher education to predict student outcomes and guide academic planning and decision-making. The university AI tool was among several 2025 ministry pilots under the National Program for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies.","date":"2025-12","source":"https://omanet.om/news/en/oman-ai-pilot-projects-launch/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Oman","role":"Teachers and school administrators","org":"Ministry of Education (Oman)","text":"4,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licences are heading into Oman's public schools, a Ministry of Education deal with Microsoft ranking the sultanate among the first in the Middle Eastern region rolling out AI in education nationally. Staff get lesson-planning, marking and content help; pupils get tailored support; leaders get performance data. Revealed at COMEX 2025 — part of a wider AI copilot tools in schools push.","date":"2025-09","source":"https://menastartupdigest.com/oman-rolls-out-large-scale-ai-initiative-to-transform-its-education-sector/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","role":"Civil servant","org":"Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology","text":"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.","date":"2025-09-08","source":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1176266/oman/first-large-language-model-mueen-launched"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"HR & People","region":"Oman","role":"Career advisors and job seekers","org":"Ministry of Labour (Oman)","text":"Oman's Ministry of Labour has introduced Nadeem, billed as the nation's first AI career advisor, powered by generative AI. It guides job seekers through employment hurdles, matches them to tailored solutions, and feeds usage data into future job-matching and programme design, the AI-powered virtual career advisor's role within the ministry's Smart Management Project.","date":"2025-08","source":"https://omanet.om/news/en/ministry-of-labour-unveils-nadeem-omans-first-ai-career-advisor/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","org":"Muscat Governorate","text":"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.","date":"2025-07-22","source":"https://menastartupdigest.com/omans-muscat-governorate-launches-ai-training-program-for-government-staff/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","role":"Traffic police officer","org":"Royal Oman Police","text":"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.","date":"2025-04-18","source":"https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/oman/oman-ai-cameras-to-track-drivers-using-cell-phones-1.500098062"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","org":"Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology","text":"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.","date":"2025-04-01","source":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1170828/business/economy/oman-unveils-new-national-ai-safety-and-ethics-policy"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Oman","role":"Bank customer service agents","org":"Oman Housing Bank","text":"Round-the-clock answers on subsidised loans now come from an AI chatbot for housing loans, deployed by Oman Housing Bank on its Iskan platform. A civil ID number lets applicants check waiting-list status instantly, sparing branch trips and call-centre queues. The bot service handles paperwork questions, 24/7.","date":"2025-02","source":"https://blackandwhiteoman.com/oman-housing-bank-launches-a-chatbot-for-iskan/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","org":"Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology","text":"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.","date":"2024-09-22","source":"https://mtcit.gov.om/media-4/news-announcements-11/news-85/oman-ai-digital-future-program-20242026-171"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Oman","org":"Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology","text":"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.","date":"2021-07-27","source":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1104392/business/guidelines-issued-for-use-of-ai-in-govt-units"}]}