Yesterday, Monday, the “International Challenge for Artificial Intelligence” competitions were launched in Dubai under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with the participation of contestants from 4 continents competing for the title of “Best Engineer for Programming Commands in Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications,” and winning challenge prizes of up to Its total value reaches one million dirhams.
The activities of the first day of the largest challenge in the field of software command engineering, organized by the Dubai Center for the Uses of Artificial Intelligence and supervised by the Dubai Future Foundation, witnessed fun competitions in “Area 2071” in the Emirates Towers in Dubai between participants to innovate and engineer software commands for generative artificial intelligence applications, within 3 Main categories are programming, art, and literature. The best 3 participants from each category will qualify for the final stage of the challenge today, Tuesday (May 21), at the “Museum of the Future.”
Attract more
Saeed Al Gergawi, Vice President of the Dubai Chamber for Digital Economy, said in a statement to “Al Khaleej” on the sidelines of the “International Artificial Intelligence Challenge”: The Chamber attracted 549 emerging companies specializing in advanced technologies, during 2023, with an annual growth rate of 916%, indicating the continuation of work. During 2024, we will attract more companies to explore new business opportunities.
He added: The Chamber is working to strengthen and consolidate Dubai’s position in embracing and nurturing digital companies, especially in the artificial and “generative” intelligence sectors, and to create an ideal environment for companies to work and link them through partnerships to increase the digital economy’s contribution to Dubai’s total annual output, in the context of the National Strategy for the Economy. Digital, which aims to double the digital economy’s contribution to the gross domestic product from 9.7% to 19.4% over the next 10 years, and to support the national digital economy to reach its value to $140 billion by 2031.
Al-Gergawi expressed his optimism about the growth of the number of digital companies in the Chamber, compared to the year 2023, as it is one of the most important and rapidly growing sectors in the emirate and its impact on various sectors is increasing, as the Chamber launched the National Talent Training Academy, the Smart Applications Olympiad Competition, and the “Support and Attract Companies” platform. The platform offers a package of Corporate Services, in cooperation with a number of partners, and signed memorandums of understanding with 14 partners to provide packages of services and facilities for digital companies.
Al-Gergawi explained that the Chamber is continuing its preparations for the new session of the Expand Northstar 2024 exhibition, scheduled to be held next October in Dubai, through international promotional campaigns for the event, targeting the largest number of participating companies in the world, as the 2023 session of the exhibition attracted more than It includes 1,600 startup companies, including 52 billionaire “unicorns,” in addition to more than 850 investors managing assets worth a trillion dollars.
Al-Gergawi continued: The Chamber is committed to supporting the success of the emirate’s advanced digital system, and is working to enhance the emirate’s transformation into one of the most digital economies in the world in line with the objectives of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), as “Expand North Star” constitutes one of the most prominent pillars of the strategy followed by the Chamber. To achieve the emirate’s ambitions to become a leading global center for innovation and technology.
developing skills
Saeed Al Falasi, Director of the Dubai Center for the Use of Artificial Intelligence, told Al Khaleej: The center has succeeded in developing the skills of more than 1,000 government employees in Dubai, and has also succeeded in completing 75 projects supported by artificial and generative intelligence techniques, in cooperation with 33 government agencies in the emirate.
He added that it is possible to adopt a number of talents participating in the challenge, to benefit from them in developing government work in Dubai, and to create realistic application models for the use of artificial intelligence in many fields and services, especially related to human safety, community awareness, and others, in light of a multilingual and multicultural society in the country. Dubai.
He explained that the majority of government agencies in Dubai now have specialists in artificial intelligence, due to the ability of these technologies to contribute to developing services and completing operations with very high speed and efficiency.
Al Falasi added that the center cooperates with major international companies such as Google, Microsoft, IBM and other expert houses, to implement the latest systems and global standards in artificial intelligence technologies and digital solutions in this context.