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AI Ethics Principles

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority

last revised 2023-09-01last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

PolicyIn forceRisk classificationSupervisionConfidentialityPermissive

map categories:Horizontal AI statuteData protection and legal AICourts' own AI deployment

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SDAIA's national AI ethics framework, first issued in September 2023, sets non-binding principles for AI across all Saudi sectors and applies a risk-based classification to AI systems. It is the Kingdom's principal horizontal AI instrument; Saudi Arabia has no AI statute. Nothing in it addresses legal practice or courts specifically.

Applies to
all, providers
Effective
See version history
Current version
1.0 · 01 Sept 2023
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/about/Documents/ai-principles.pdf

What the document requires

  • Non-binding ethical principles applying across public and private sectors.
  • Risk-based classification of AI systems.
  • Emphasis on transparency, secure data practices, human oversight, fairness and accountability.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
1.0current2023-09-01First issue, September 2023. Month-only date: the source gives the month, so the 1st is recorded as the date. The PDF was not read in full, so this record is unverified.official

Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "AI Ethics Principles" (Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, 1.0, 2023-09-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/gulf/sa-sdaia-ai-ethics-principles (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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