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UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031
Prepared by Shubhank Suman · Last reviewed
Government strategy / policy document, not legislation. (UAE)
- Legal character
- National AI strategy
- Region
- Middle East
- Launched
- 2017
What it covers
The strategy is intended to position the UAE as a global AI leader and integrate AI into government services, infrastructure and priority economic sectors.
The official strategy materials identify objectives including:
- establishing the UAE as an AI destination
- increasing competitiveness of priority sectors through AI
- building an AI ecosystem
- developing talent and research
- providing data/infrastructure
- using AI in government services
- developing governance arrangements. (UAE)
AI, privacy and cybersecurity relevance
- AI: Very High
- Privacy: Moderate
- Cyber: Moderate
AI
Very High
The strategy covers priority areas including:
- healthcare
- transport/logistics
- energy/resources
- education
- government services
- security
- other strategic sectors.
The UAE Government describes the strategy as supporting AI adoption and government performance, with a 2031 objective involving AI across government services and data analysis. (UAE)
Privacy
Moderate / indirect
This document is not a privacy regulation.
Its privacy relevance comes from AI adoption involving large-scale data, alongside the UAE's separate federal Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021.
PrivacyLawHub should therefore cross-link:
UAE National AI Strategy 2031 → UAE PDPL 2021
rather than claiming that the strategy itself imposes privacy rights.
Cybersecurity
Moderate / strategic
The strategy identifies E-Security/security among priority AI domains and places AI governance and supporting infrastructure within its overall strategic framework. The UAE also has separate cybersecurity policies and frameworks; those should be linked independently. (Ministry of Education)
Applicability
It is directed primarily toward national strategy and government/sectoral implementation, not direct statutory compliance by every private organisation.
Current validity
CURRENT NATIONAL STRATEGY / POLICY
Read first
Strategic objectives → priority sectors → AI infrastructure/data → talent/research → governance → implementation initiatives.
Provisions / sections covered
Status of 31–40
No. Document Status as of 17 Sept 2026 - 31 Japan APPI Current
32 Australia Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 Current amendment; phased commencement
33 Canada PIPEDA Current
34 China PIPL Current
35 California CCPA Current, as amended by CPRA + current regulations
36 Singapore PDPA Current
37 California AI Transparency Act, SB 942 Current, operative 1 Jan 2026
38 Singapore Model AI Governance Framework, 2nd Ed. Current non-binding foundational framework
39 China Interim Measures for GenAI Services Current, supplemented by later AI-content rules
40 UAE National AI Strategy 2031 Current national strategy, non-binding
Subject-matter tags
- AI governance
- Generative AI
- Transparency
- AI cybersecurity
Subject-matter tags describe what the indexed text discusses. They are not legal conclusions.
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