{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"samai-one-million-reached-2025","event_date":"2025-11-09","published":"2026-10-03","category":"talent","importance":2,"title":{"en":"SAMAI trains more than one million Saudis in AI, 52% of them women","ar":"«سماي» تدرّب أكثر من مليون سعودي على الذكاء الاصطناعي، 52 في المائة منهم نساء"},"summary":{"en":"The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development announced at a gala in Riyadh on 9 November 2025 that the SAMAI program had trained more than one million Saudis in AI after its September 2024 launch. Women made up 52% of trainees, employees 70% and students 30%. SAMAI was described as the largest AI upskilling program in the Kingdom's history, and SAMAI 2 for government staff followed in January 2026.","ar":"أعلنت الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) ووزارة التعليم ووزارة الموارد البشرية والتنمية الاجتماعية في حفل بالرياض في 9 نوفمبر 2025 أن برنامج «سماي» درّب أكثر من مليون سعودي على الذكاء الاصطناعي منذ إطلاقه في سبتمبر 2024. وشكّلت النساء 52 في المائة من المتدربين، والموظفون 70 في المائة، والطلاب 30 في المائة. ووُصف البرنامج بأنه أكبر برنامج لرفع المهارات في الذكاء الاصطناعي في تاريخ المملكة، وتلاه «سماي 2» لموظفي الحكومة في يناير 2026."},"entities":["SDAIA","SAMAI","Ministry of Education"],"figures":[{"label":"people trained","label_ar":"عدد المتدربين","value":1000000,"unit":"people"},{"label":"women share","label_ar":"نسبة النساء","value":52,"unit":"%"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.middleeastainews.com/p/landmark-samai-initiative-trains","publisher":"Middle East AI News","title":"Landmark SAMAI initiative trains over one million Saudis in AI","published":"2025-11-09"},{"url":"https://moe.gov.sa/en/mediacenter/moenews/Pages/news1_09112025.aspx","publisher":"Saudi Ministry of Education","title":"A National Celebration: Over One Million Citizens Empowered in AI Through the Samai Initiative","published":"2025-11-09"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/samai-one-million-reached-2025","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/samai-one-million-reached-2025","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/samai-one-million-reached-2025.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/samai-one-million-reached-2025.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/samai-one-million-reached-2025.jpg"}}