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UAE AI Authority Consolidates Data And Digital Government Mandates

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The UAE will establish an Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority to consolidate federal AI, public data and digital government functions, with budget, staffing plan and implementation timetable still outside the public record.

Verified against source materialEdited by SendTech Times Capital & Policy DeskSource: Global Government Forum
UAE AI Authority Consolidates Data And Digital Government Mandates
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UAE Creates A Single AI And Data Authority

The United Arab Emirates will establish an Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority to consolidate federal AI, public data and digital government work.

Global Government Forum reported that the move was approved by UAE prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid on 14 June.

The new body takes over functions from the Office of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications and from the UAE Data Office.

The digital government portfolio now held by the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority will also move into the new structure.

The decision puts AI policy, government data and digital services under one national mandate.

The government said the authority will lead digital government, unify national priorities, propose national policies and oversee the UAE's national AI strategy.

The same structure combines administrative data, service design and AI policy under one federal institution.

Federal Bodies Get AI And Data Standards

The authority is tasked with designing proactive digital government services and integrating government data platforms.

It will also set standards and guidelines for data and AI management, digital transformation and government services across federal bodies.

The mandate includes national capability-building through research, development and technical advisory services.

It also includes work to increase the digital economy's contribution to GDP, support cybersecurity efforts and form international partnerships covering AI, data and digital government.

The authority therefore sits at the intersection of public-sector service delivery, AI governance and data management.

The public description does not say whether the new body will issue binding technical rules or mainly coordinate policy across federal entities.

Omar Sultan Al Olama, the UAE minister of state for artificial intelligence, has been appointed chair of the new authority.

Sheikh Mohammed said the government wants a model that uses data and AI in decision-making and public services.

Budget And Implementation Details Are Not Public

The authority centralizes UAE work on AI, public data and digital government execution.

It also moves parts of telecom-regulator digital government work into a broader AI and data structure.

A separate AI-generated spokesperson named Zayed was announced for the UAE Presidential Court four days after the authority.

That is a communications use case, not the core legal structure of the new authority.

The remaining public gaps are the authority's budget, staffing level, first service rollout, data-sharing rules, enforcement powers and implementation timetable, according to the source material.

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