{"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-saudis-launched-2024","event_date":"2024-09","published":"2026-10-03","category":"talent","importance":2,"title":{"en":"SDAIA launches 'One Million Saudis in AI' (SAMAI) program","ar":"سدايا تطلق مبادرة «مليون سعودي في الذكاء الاصطناعي» (سماي)"},"summary":{"en":"In September 2024, at the third Global AI Summit, Education Minister Yousef Al-Benyan and SDAIA President Abdullah Alghamdi launched the One Million Saudis in AI initiative, known as SAMAI, with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. It aimed to teach one million Saudis how AI works, its uses and its ethics, through a platform developed with major technology companies. SAMAI was billed as the largest initiative of its kind in the Kingdom and reached its target in November 2025.","ar":"أطلق وزير التعليم يوسف البنيان ورئيس الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) عبدالله الغامدي في سبتمبر 2024، خلال النسخة الثالثة من القمة العالمية للذكاء الاصطناعي، مبادرة «مليون سعودي في الذكاء الاصطناعي» المعروفة باسم «سماي»، بالتعاون مع وزارة الموارد البشرية والتنمية الاجتماعية. واستهدفت المبادرة تعريف مليون سعودي بآلية عمل الذكاء الاصطناعي واستخداماته وأخلاقياته عبر منصة طُورت بالتعاون مع شركات تقنية كبرى. ووُصفت بأنها أكبر مبادرة من نوعها في المملكة، وبلغت هدفها في نوفمبر 2025."},"entities":["SDAIA","SAMAI","Ministry of Education"],"figures":[{"label":"training target","label_ar":"مستهدف التدريب","value":1000000,"unit":"people"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/policy-initiatives/one-million-saudi-in-artificial-intelligence","publisher":"OECD.AI Policy Navigator","title":"One Million Saudi in Artificial Intelligence","published":null},{"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"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/samai-one-million-saudis-launched-2024","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/samai-one-million-saudis-launched-2024","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/samai-one-million-saudis-launched-2024.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/samai-one-million-saudis-launched-2024.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/samai-one-million-saudis-launched-2024.jpg"}}