The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) introduced a new reference regarding generative artificial intelligence, which includes a review of its components, use cases, benefits, adoption, and impact on various digital applications and vital sector services.
This step by SDAIA aims to raise awareness about the importance of the current era’s artificial intelligence development to contribute to building a promising future for the Kingdom, in line with its ambitious vision for 2030, to join the leading countries in the field of data and artificial intelligence.
These interests come in light of the rapid progress the world is witnessing in artificial intelligence technology, alongside the increase in data volume and diversity, and the improvement in computation speed and power. This progress signifies the beginning of a new era in technology that goes beyond simply understanding the world, to include the ability to actively engage with it. Generative artificial intelligence is a qualitative leap in how machines interact with users.
Future Expectations:
It is expected that generative artificial intelligence will be used in various products in the future, significantly impacting them. This is one of the key upcoming developments.
- By 2025, it is expected that 30% of new drugs and materials will be discovered using generative AI technology.
- By 2025, 70% of software development companies will incorporate generative AI capabilities in their applications.
- In 2026, generative AI technology will be used to design 60% of websites and applications automatically.
- By 2027, generative AI will be used to develop 15% of new applications automatically without human intervention.
Market Value of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
It is also projected that the market value of generative artificial intelligence will exceed 4.8 trillion Saudi Riyals by 2032. This could contribute to increasing global GDP by up to 7% over the next decade.
Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that utilizes machine learning techniques and deep neural networks to simulate human ability to produce new data or original and innovative content, such as texts, images, and videos. Its models enable the generation of outputs resembling their inputs, like generating text from text or from a different genre, creating an image or video from text.
Technical Layers:
SDAIA indicated in the guide that generative artificial intelligence technologies span across a set of technical layers to support generative applications and services. These layers can be segmented into four main layers.
- Applications: Programs that utilize generative AI capabilities to perform a specific task or function.
- Development tools that assist in developing AI capabilities in applications.
- Operation in aiding the construction of applications based on generative artificial intelligence and deploying them.
- Industrial methods: These are machine learning methods that can be modified to enhance performance in specific use cases in certain fields.
- Technical infrastructure: Consists of elements that can be used to operate systems and tools specific to generative artificial intelligence.
- Establishment of a center of excellence in the field of generative artificial intelligence.
- The launch of the Generative Artificial Intelligence Technology (Ghayah), which is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa.
- We recommend creating forums and gatherings for generative artificial intelligence to enhance knowledge in its use in several important fields.
- Organizing competitive hackathons.
- Issuing diverse publications in the knowledge field.
The method of designing models of generative artificial intelligence.
Building models of generative artificial intelligence is composed of several essential steps. These steps include data preprocessing, model construction, model testing, model deployment, and model improvement. The functioning of the models depends on using inputs received from the user to generate different types of results. These inputs can be texts, images, sounds, or other data models.
A link has been published that includes the method of building models of generative artificial intelligence on the official Twitter account of the Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority in Saudi Arabia (Sdaaya) on December 19, 2023.
Types of outputs:
Several types of results can be produced using generative artificial intelligence models, and these results are categorized into: texts, code snippets, two-dimensional or three-dimensional images, audio clips, and video clips.
Here are some possibilities for using generative artificial intelligence models.
Generative artificial intelligence models can be utilized to perform various tasks in different fields such as customer service, marketing, design, programming, banking services, healthcare, media and entertainment, real estate, energy, agriculture, and more. These models are characterized by their ability to innovate, accelerate work processes, and increase productivity.
It is expected that the uses of generative artificial intelligence will impact multiple business sectors, with the extent of this impact varying depending on the sector and function.
To utilize generative artificial intelligence technology, there are many visible benefits, including increased productivity by enhancing employees’ capabilities to complete tasks and improving services by providing an enhanced and customized user experience for each service. Additionally, efficiency is enhanced by automating tasks and recurring operations in various fields, reducing costs by automating tasks or enhancing capabilities. Furthermore, innovation is fostered by generating new ideas for products and services.
Sdaaya’s Efforts:
Due to the importance of the emerging field of artificial intelligence in various sectors, Sdaaya, as a national reference for data and artificial intelligence in the Kingdom, has launched several initiatives to enhance technological infrastructure and upgrade local capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence.
Some of the recent efforts by Sdaaya in the field of artificial intelligence include:
The Center of Excellence for Generative Artificial Intelligence collaborates with the American company NVIDIA to develop applications that serve all sectors and individuals in the Kingdom, enhance research in the field of generative artificial intelligence. One of the center’s main objectives is to adopt generative artificial intelligence techniques in developing algorithms and various applications for written, visual, and audio media supporting the Arabic language.
