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Dubai Synthetic Data Framework (2022):

This framework is designed to help organizations adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology
so they can develop solutions and services that use these data in analysis and machine learning
processes, instead of real data that may involve a violation of privacy.

4 Implementation of AI principles in the city

Within one year of its launch in January 2019, the Dubai AI Principles and the Self-Assessment Tool
have registered a total of 17 178 visits across all Ethical AI Guidelines’ pages on the Dubai Digital
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Authority’s official website. The Dubai AI Principles have been adopted efficiently and effectively
across various sectors, facilitated by the city’s dynamic AI ecosystem and numerous pre-existing
AI initiatives.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) was the inaugural government body to implement the
Ethical AI Toolkit, making it compulsory for all its AI-driven systems. The Authority utilized the self-
assessment instrument on 15 AI-centric projects and initiatives, which allowed for the identification
of ethical shortcomings that had previously been overlooked. The RTA personnel noted that the
toolkit had enhanced their understanding of AI system transparency and accountability, thereby
simplifying the complex subject of AI ethics.

The AI Lab of Digital Dubai employs the Ethical AI Self-Assessment Tool for all projects in
development. The toolkit evaluates numerous initiatives in terms of ethical aspects such as AI-
enabled systems created by the DHA to identify and measure the decline in patients' conditions
in emergency departments; a cognitive school locator service developed by the KHDA; and a risk
engine for declarations by Dubai Customs.

The AI Self-Assessment Tool brings attention to a wide range of concerns associated with the
ethical implementation of AI. These include the necessity to comprehend the quality and accuracy
of the data feeding the algorithms utilized in artificial intelligence; the importance of transparency
and articulating highly intricate AI forms to those affected by the decisions they produce; and the
integration of ethics into the professional growth of AI developers to ensure the creation of secure,
equitable and responsible AI systems.

10 Dubai Digital Authority, 2020, AI self-assessment tool has been used on 18 AI use cases

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