Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, recognized the winners of the UAE AI Award during a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi as part of the UAE Government Annual Meeting 2024. Sheikh Mohammed emphasized, "Artificial Intelligence will significantly transform businesses and public service delivery, and we are committed to leading the way in adopting AI tools to expedite government operations."
Launched in March by the UAE Council for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, the UAE AI Award aims to encourage federal, local, and semi-government entities to adopt advanced AI applications. The award seeks to set a national standard for AI utilization and promote innovative solutions that envision a future characterized by digital innovation, collaboration, and enhanced creative competitiveness.
The UAE AI Award received over 225 submissions from 76 government and semi-government entities and 44 private organizations, with 12 projects making it to the finals. Nominations were rigorously assessed by a panel of experts and specialists, focusing on criteria such as innovation, AI ethics, AI maturity standards, scalability and growth potential, and overall impact.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was awarded in the Service Excellence category for its pioneering Smart Mission project, which offers AI-driven consulate services without human intervention. The Smart Mission project, a first of its kind, was initially launched at the UAE Embassy in South Korea, with plans to expand to five more missions within the next six months.
DP World received an award in the Operational Efficiency category for its 'Tanbeeh' platform, an advanced AI-powered solution developed by Emirati talent. 'Tanbeeh' provides four core capabilities to enhance readiness for swift response teams, including fire detection within five seconds, proactive monitoring of safety protocols, seamless site access with up to 99 percent accuracy via facial recognition, and traffic pattern analysis to predict and avoid congestion with up to 90 percent accuracy.
The Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) won the Decision-Making category award for its STEAM+ integrated modelling and analysis system, a significant advancement for Abu Dhabi Mobility. This ecosystem processes over 70 billion data matrices, categorizing and merging them to support informed decision-making and enhance transportation investments within the emirate.
Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council secured the Emirati AI Solutions award for its Falcon language model, a groundbreaking achievement that has advanced projects like RAZI and LAW71. Developed by the Technology Innovation Institute, Falcon is a large generative language model (LLM) designed to support scalable and high-performance application development, making it the Arab world's first language model to compete with offerings from major tech players such as Meta, Google, and OpenAI.
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