The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Advisory Board – an initiative by the Smart Dubai – has convened for its second meeting for 2020 on Thursday, August 13, 2020, bringing together board members representing leading government and private-sector entities to explore plans for the upcoming period.
The Board was formed to steer the development and deployment of human-centred ethical AI, and to encourage fairness, transparency, and accountability in AI systems in Dubai. It was designed to create a multi-stakeholder collaborative platform and foster an ongoing dialogue, enabling board members to share knowledge and expertise around this complex technology, and to explore viable policy instruments that can more readily adapt to evolving AI technologies.
Etihad Energy Services (Etihad ESCO) will join Moro Hub’s newly launched state-of-the-art Smart Cities Command and Control Centre following an agreement signed by both organisations, which was witnessed by DEWA MD and CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.
Etihad ESCO will now benefit from Moro Hub’s world class digital, cloud and secured services while bringing its expertise in measurement and verification, energy monitoring and management and facility management.
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Smart Dubai is developing governance frameworks, building infrastructure and architecture, and encouraging public and private sector collaboration to build a holistic data ecosystem in Dubai.
Smart Dubai's DubaiNow platform, which allows access to more than 120 government and private-sector services from over 30 entities, will soon add new services to expand its digital economy agenda.
Over the past couple of years, many countries in the Gulf have been embracing digital transformation journeys to diversify their economy and establish smart cities. The UAE has been one of the most forward-thinking nations when it comes to implementing strategies that prioritize investing in innovation and adopting the right technologies.
In fact, IMD’s 2019 World Digital Competitiveness Report ranked the UAE as the number one digitally competitive country in the Arab World and the 12th globally.
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The UAE ranks number one with the best e-infrastructure globally, and ranks 31st for digital quality of life in 2020, according to a study that covers 81 per cent of the global population.
The Digital Quality of Life (DQL) study, covering internet affordability, quality, security, online government services, and e-infrastructure, said the UAE is followed by Sweden in the second place and Denmark in the third.