The United Arab Emirates plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help craft new legislation and review and amend existing laws, the Financial Times reported, in the Gulf state's most aggressive attempt yet to promote AI applications. Currently, the UAE has invested billions of dollars in AI.
UAE official media calls this plan “AI-driven regulation”. AI researchers say the plan goes further than measures taken by other countries, but note that the details of the plan are not clear enough. Other governments are also trying to use AI to improve efficiency, such as summarizing the content of bills and improving the delivery of public services. However, no country has yet planned to proactively propose changes to existing laws by analyzing government and legal data like the UAE.
Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said, "This new AI-driven legislative system will change the way we make laws and make the legislative process faster and more precise." Sheikh Mohammed said AI would "regularly propose amendments to our legislation". Cabinet meeting minutes show that the UAE government expects AI to speed up legislative work by 70%. However, experts also point out that AI has reliability issues.
Last week, the UAE Cabinet approved the establishment of a new cabinet agency: the Regulatory Intelligence Office (Regulatory Intelligence Office), to be responsible for advancing this AI-driven legislation plan.