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was published, with a focus on providing tangible suggestions to help stakeholders adhere to the
Ethics principle. The Toolkit contains detailed explanations and implementation examples around
four sub-principles: Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Explainability.

3.3 AI Principles Governance Mechanism (adopted by the city)

Following the launch of the Dubai AI Principles & AI Ethics Guidelines (part of the Dubai Ethical AI
Toolkit), Digital Dubai invited stakeholders from the private and public sectors to form the AI Ethics
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Advisory Board with the mandate to steer the development and deployment of human-centred
ethical AI, and to encourage fairness, transparency and accountability in AI systems in Dubai. The
AI Ethics Board was designed to create a multi-stakeholder collaborative platform and foster an
ongoing dialogue in Dubai, where the execution and compliance of the Dubai AI Principles are
designed to be decentralized.

The AI System Ethics Self-Assessment Tool was developed following the launch of the Dubai
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AI Principles and the AI Ethics Guidelines, in order to enable AI developer organizations or AI
operator organizations to evaluate the ethics level of an AI system decentrally. The tool provides
organizations with a set of questions to assess their AI readiness across various dimensions,
including data readiness, technical readiness and organizational readiness. Based on the responses,
the tool generates a score and provides recommendations for how organizations can improve
their AI readiness.

3.4 Policy Instrument for AI Principles (adopted by the city)

Below is a non-exhaustive list of policy instruments that support and complement the Dubai AI
Principles, on the national level and the city level:

National Level:

UAE AI Strategy (2018):

The UAE sets a clear vision through its AI Strategy, of becoming the world
leader in AI by 2031. Implementing this vision on the ground requires rigorous
dedication and clear steps that outline the path to success.

8 Dubai Digital Authority, 2019, Smart Dubai’s AI Ethics Advisory Board inaugural meeting
9 Dubai Digital Authority, 2019, AI Systems Ethics Self-Assessment Tool

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