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title: "SDAIA opens consultation on draft Responsible AI Policy with four risk tiers"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sdaia-responsible-ai-policy-draft-2026"
language: "en"
event_date: "2026-04-03"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Policy"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# SDAIA opens consultation on draft Responsible AI Policy with four risk tiers

- Event date: 3 April 2026 (2026-04-03)
- Topic: Policy
- In this story: SDAIA, Responsible AI Policy
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sdaia-responsible-ai-policy-draft-2026

On 3 April 2026 the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) opened a one-month consultation, closing 3 May 2026, on a draft Responsible AI Policy applying to the government, private and non-profit sectors and to individuals who develop or publish AI applications. The draft sets four risk tiers, critical, high, limited and low, under which critical-risk systems could not be released and high-risk systems would need safety reports and test results accredited by SDAIA. It also covers testing, monitoring, data protection, cybersecurity, content moderation, non-discrimination and registration.

## Key figures

- risk tiers: 4
- consultation length (months): 1

## Sources

1. [Responsible AI Policy (SDAIA draft)](https://digitalpolicyalert.org/change/19003-responsible-ai-policy) — Digital Policy Alert
2. [SDAIA opened consultation on draft Responsible AI Policy](https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/39096-saudi-data-and-artificial-intelligence-authority-opened-consultation-on-draft-responsible-ai-policy-including-organisational-requirement) — Digital Policy Alert, 2026-04-03

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

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