# The UAE Charter for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: United Arab Emirates
- **Instrument type**: Guidance
- **Status**: Guidance
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: UAE Cabinet / Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office
- **Adopted**: 2024-06-10

## In brief

The UAE Charter for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence is a non-binding guidance of the United Arab Emirates, issued by UAE Cabinet / Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office. Its current status is guidance. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

A twelve-principle charter approved by the UAE Cabinet setting expectations for AI development and use, including safety, algorithmic bias, data privacy, transparency, human oversight, governance and accountability, and compliance with applicable laws and treaties. It is a guiding framework rather than binding legislation and supports the objectives of the UAE Strategy for AI.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by UAE Cabinet / Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office. Oversight: AI Office under the Minister of State for AI; applies across federal entities. Stated purpose: Guiding principles for safe, ethical and inclusive AI aligned with the 2031 strategy.

## Key dates

2024-06-10: Charter issued (Cabinet approval) per UAE Legislation portal

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0193 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0193; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uae-the-uae-charter-for-the-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence
- **Official source**: https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/strategies-initiatives-and-awards/policies/Ai/The-UAE-Charter-for-the-Development-and-Use-of-Artificial-Intelligence
- **Source document**: The UAE Charter for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
- **Published by**: Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "The UAE Charter for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence" [AIPT-POL-0193, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0193 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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