{"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":"sophia-robot-citizenship","event_date":"2017-10-25","published":"2026-10-03","category":"ai","importance":3,"title":{"en":"Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to humanoid robot Sophia","ar":"السعودية تمنح الجنسية للروبوت الشبيه بالإنسان «صوفيا»"},"summary":{"en":"During a panel at the first Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, moderator Andrew Ross Sorkin announced that Sophia, a humanoid robot built by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics, had been granted Saudi citizenship, making Saudi Arabia the first country to do so for a robot. Sophia replied that it was historic to be the first robot recognized with citizenship. The announcement drew wide international coverage and came a day after NEOM was unveiled at the same forum.","ar":"خلال جلسة حوارية في النسخة الأولى من مبادرة مستقبل الاستثمار بالرياض، أعلن مدير الحوار أندرو روس سوركين منح الروبوت «صوفيا»، الذي صنعته شركة هانسون روبوتيكس ومقرها هونغ كونغ، الجنسية السعودية، لتصبح المملكة أول دولة تمنح جنسيتها لروبوت. وردّت صوفيا بأن من التاريخي أن تكون أول روبوت يحصل على الجنسية. ونال الإعلان تغطية دولية واسعة، وجاء بعد يوم من الكشف عن نيوم في المنتدى نفسه."},"entities":["Sophia","Hanson Robotics","FII"],"figures":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://roboticslawjournal.com/news/saudi-arabia-first-country-to-grant-a-robot-citizenship-74061279","publisher":"Robotics Law Journal","title":"Saudi Arabia first country to grant a robot citizenship","published":"2017-10-31"},{"url":"https://www.livescience.com/60815-saudi-arabia-citizen-robot.html","publisher":"Live Science","title":"Lifelike 'Sophia' Robot Granted Citizenship to Saudi Arabia","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sophia-robot-citizenship","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/sophia-robot-citizenship","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sophia-robot-citizenship.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/sophia-robot-citizenship.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/sophia-robot-citizenship.jpg"}}