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AI Ethics Principles

Type	Guideline
Code	SDAIA-P114E
Issuing authority	Saudi Data & AI Authority / National Data Management Office (SDAIA / NDMO)
Framework	Artificial Intelligence
Tier	Guidelines & circulars
Legal status	In force
Instrument number	SDAIA
Version	2025 reissue (v1.0 2022 draft; v2.0 September 2023)
Dates	Reissued May 2025 (SDAIA-P114E); v2.0 September 2023.
Last verified	2026-10-20

SDAIA's AI Ethics Principles. v1.0 was a 2022 draft and v2.0 was issued in September 2023. Reissued in May 2025 as the '2025 AI Ethics Principles' (SDAIA-P114E).

• Seven principles.
• Risk tiers run from little or no risk to unacceptable risk (prohibited).
• Voluntary registration and badges.

AI ethics badges and accreditation (since 23 January 2025):

• SDAIA assesses AI products on the National Data Governance Platform.
• Five badges: Aware, Adopter, Committed, Trusted and Pioneer, plus an accreditation certificate.
• Voluntary; valid for one year.

Documents

• Hosted official text (PDF, English)
• Official source (sdaia.gov.sa)

Updates for this instrument

• 2025-05-01 · SDAIA reissues its AI guidance documents (May 2025): In May 2025 SDAIA reissued its AI documents: the 2025 AI Ethics Principles (SDAIA-P114E), the Generative AI Guidelines for the Public (SDAIA-P115E) and for Government (SDAIA-P116E), the Saudi Academic Framework for AI Qu
• 2025-01-23 · SDAIA launches AI ethics badges and accreditation: SDAIA began assessing AI products on the National Data Governance Platform against the AI Ethics Principles. Five voluntary badges (Aware, Adopter, Committed, Trusted, Pioneer) plus an accreditation certificate, each val

In this framework

• Global AI Hub Law
• ICAIRE Basic Statute
• Responsible AI Policy (draft)
• AI Adoption Framework
• National AI Risk Management Framework
• National Occupational Standard Framework for Data & AI
• Data and AI Capability Frameworks (2026)
• Saudi Academic Framework for AI Qualifications
• Generative AI Guidelines for Government
• Deepfakes Guidelines
• Generative AI Guidelines: Public
• AI Principles in Media
• Year of AI 2026 Guidelines

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