Sunday, July 19, 2026

«Al Jazeera» - Economy:

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) launched the National Framework for Artificial Intelligence Risk Management, as a guiding reference that provides a unified national methodology for identifying, assessing, treating, and monitoring risks, enabling public and private entities to adopt this technology in a safe and responsible manner consistent with national priorities and directions.

Arabs and Peoples of the Middle East

The launch of the framework comes amid the accelerated expansion in adopting artificial intelligence technologies in business and service development globally and locally, due to the potential risks of its systems that differ in nature from the risks of traditional technical systems, and their potential impacts on individuals, entities, and the national economy.

SDAIA explained that AI risks are characterized by a different nature from traditional software risks, as they may appear in unexpected ways during operation, and system performance may change over time, in addition to the difficulty of interpreting their behavior and reproducing their results, making risk identification and assessment more complex and requiring the adoption of an integrated methodology for their management.

It explained that the risk management methodology is based on an integrated lifecycle comprising four interconnected stages: starting with context and scope identification, then risk identification, assessment, and treatment, leading to continuous monitoring and review, with risk level calculated via a matrix that links probability of occurrence and impact magnitude, thereby unifying assessment mechanism across entities and supporting comparison and prioritization of treatment.

The authority indicated that the framework is based on seven core principles: integrity and fairness, privacy and security, humanity, reliability and safety, transparency and explainability, accountability and responsibility, and social and environmental benefits. It classifies AI risks into seven main types to ensure comprehensive identification and no omission of any essential risk category.

The framework includes an applied scenario simulating the use of a government entity for one of the models in preparing internal reports, showcasing the identification, assessment, treatment, and monitoring of associated risks, providing entities with a practical model applicable across different sectors and digital maturity levels.

Interested parties can view the National Framework for Artificial Intelligence Risk Management via the following link:

https://sdaia.gov.sa/ar/MediaCenter/KnowledgeCenter/ResearchLibrary/ExecutiveSummaryAr.pdf.

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