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title: "SDAIA issues generative AI guidelines for government and the public"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/genai-guidelines-2024"
language: "en"
event_date: "2024-01-10"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Policy"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
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# SDAIA issues generative AI guidelines for government and the public

- Event date: 10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)
- Topic: Policy
- In this story: SDAIA, Generative AI
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/genai-guidelines-2024

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) published its Generative AI Guidelines for government entities on 10 January 2024 and a companion version for the public on 11 January. The guidelines set principles, risk classifications, data-handling rules and role definitions, including the role of data offices in overseeing the ethical and legal aspects of AI tools used with government data. They complement existing AI-ethics, data-governance and privacy rules and are non-binding.

## Sources

1. [Published SDAIA Generative AI Guidelines for optimal adoption in government entities](https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/17277-published-sdaia-generative-artificial-intelligence-guidelines-for-optimal-adoption-in-government-entities) — Digital Policy Alert, 2024-01-10
2. [SDAIA unveils guidelines on generative AI safe use](https://sharikatmubasher.com/news/article/21395136/sdaia-unveils-guidelines-on-generative-ai-safe-use) — Sharikat Mubasher, 2024-01-11

Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.

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