{"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":"sdaia-established-2019","event_date":"2019-08-30","published":"2026-10-03","category":"policy","importance":3,"title":{"en":"Royal decree establishes SDAIA as national data and AI authority","ar":"أمر ملكي بإنشاء الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا)"},"summary":{"en":"A royal decree dated 30 August 2019 established the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), linked directly to the Prime Minister. The decree created two affiliated bodies, the National Data Management Office (NDMO) and the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI), and transferred the National Information Center (NIC) to SDAIA. The authority was given the mandate to set the national strategy for data and AI and to oversee its implementation.","ar":"صدر أمر ملكي مؤرخ في 30 أغسطس 2019 بإنشاء الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) وربطها مباشرة برئيس مجلس الوزراء. وأنشأ الأمر جهتين تابعتين لها هما مكتب إدارة البيانات الوطنية والمركز الوطني للذكاء الاصطناعي، كما نقل مركز المعلومات الوطني إلى سدايا. وأُسند إلى الهيئة وضع الاستراتيجية الوطنية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي والإشراف على تنفيذها."},"entities":["SDAIA","NDMO","NCAI","NIC"],"figures":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://english.ajel.sa/new-saudi-center-for-artificial-intelligence-and-national-data-management","publisher":"Ajel","title":"New Saudi center for artificial intelligence and national data management","published":"2019-08-30"},{"url":"https://regulations.ai/regulations/saudi-arabia-2019-08-sdaia-establishment","publisher":"regulations.ai","title":"Saudi Arabia - National AI Authority (2019)","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sdaia-established-2019","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/sdaia-established-2019","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sdaia-established-2019.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/sdaia-established-2019.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/sdaia-established-2019.jpg"}}