Tuesday 16 / April / 2024
Muscat: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has issued a ministerial circular on using artificial intelligence systems for units of the state's administrative apparatus.
"The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology issued a ministerial circular regarding the policy of using artificial intelligence systems for the units of the state’s administrative apparatus, as part of the ministry’s endeavour to provide support development of innovative solutions in all the economic sectors, keep pace with progress in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and achieve the goals of Oman Vision 2040," Oman News Agency (ONA) said in a statement.
"This policy includes six ethical principles: comprehensiveness, humanity, responsibility, justice, transparency and safety that will enhance confidence in modern technologies, and provide requirements for the governance of artificial intelligence systems.”
"The policy aims to help the units of the state’s administrative apparatus to build national capacities in various fields of artificial intelligence by enhancing its use in all vital economic sectors, and prepare a set of ethical principles to ensure the accuracy and safety of automated decision-making processes keeping global practices in mind," ONA added.
