Artificial Intelligence in Saudi Arabia

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a collective term for computer systems that can sense their environment, think, learn, and respond to what they are sensing. Forms of AI in use today include digital assistants, chatbots and machine learning among others. Saudi Arabia is seeking to be a global leader in the application of technology related to AI. In a 2017 global study, consulting firm PWC estimated that AI could contribute $135 billion or 12.4 percent to Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 -- the second-highest share in the region after the UAE. The study saw retail and the public sector, including health care and education, as particularly ripe for transformation by AI.