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Express Tribune
25-04-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
UAE becomes first country to use AI to write laws
Listen to article The United Arab Emirates has become the first nation in the world to implement artificial intelligence to draft, review and amend federal and local legislation, government officials confirmed this week. The announcement came alongside the establishment of a new cabinet unit, the Regulatory Intelligence Office, which will coordinate with federal and local entities to deploy AI systems across the country's legislative process. According to the Financial Times, the system will also use AI to assess the impact of laws on the population and the economy through a centralised database of legal texts. 'This new legislative system, powered by artificial intelligence, will change how we create laws, making the process faster and more precise,' said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the UAE's prime minister and ruler of Dubai. Government officials expect AI to speed up lawmaking by up to 70 percent and reduce associated costs by 50 percent, citing internal projections. The initiative is also expected to raise the UAE's gross domestic product by 35 percent by 2030. As part of the shift, laws, judicial rulings, executive regulations and public services will increasingly be written or amended by machine-driven processes. The UAE was the first country to appoint an artificial intelligence minister in 2017, naming Omar Sultan al-Olama to lead the government's digital transition under the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence. By 2030, officials estimate the global AI market will be worth $15.7 trillion, with the UAE aiming to position itself as a regulatory and development hub in the sector. Sheikh Mohammed added that the AI system would 'regularly suggest updates to current legislation', ensuring that the legal framework remains dynamic and responsive to emerging needs.
The Hill
24-04-2025
- Business
- The Hill
United Arab Emirates first nation to use AI to write laws
(NewsNation) — The United Arab Emirates will become the first nation in the world to rely on artificial intelligence to write new federal and local laws and review and amend existing legislation and other procedures. The move to digitize the Gulf state comes as a new cabinet unit of the UAE government, the Regulatory Intelligence Office, was approved to help streamline the legislative process, several media outlets, including The Telegraph, reported. The office will be responsible for designing, implementing and coordinating the AI regulatory system in a partnership with federal and local officials, according to reports. As part of the shift, government officials said that laws, judicial rulings, executive procedures and public services will all be written by computers, the Telegraph noted. 'This new legislative system, powered by artificial intelligence, will change how we create laws, making the process faster and more precise,' Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Dubai ruler and UAE prime minister and vice president, said, according to state media. The UAE plans to use AI to track how its laws affect the country's population and economy by creating a database of federal and local laws, the Financial Times reported. The use of AI to write new legislation comes eight years after the UAE named the world's first AI minister, Omar Sultan al-Olama. The appointment came shortly after the launch of the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, The Telegraph reported. The report indicated that by 2030, Gulf state officials estimate that AI will have a global market value of $15.7 trillion, which will reduce government costs by 50 percent and boost the UAE's gross domestic product by 35%. Government officials expect AI to speed up lawmaking by 70 percent, the Financial Times reported, citing a cabinet meeting transcript. Sheikh Mohammed also said that AI would 'regularly suggest updates to current legislation.'
