The United Arab Emirates announced plans to become the first nation to join the artificial intelligence (IA) directly into its lawmaking process, establishing a new government unit to oversee the transformation of how laws are written, reviewed, and updated.
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- A new Office of Regulatory Intelligence will lead the initiative, which aims to reduce legislative development time by 70% through AI-assisted drafting and analysis.
- The system will use a database combining federal and local laws, court decisions and government data to suggest legislation and amendments.
- The plan builds on the UAE’s major investments in AI, including a $30 billion dedicated AI infrastructure fund through its investment platform MGX.
- The move has been met with mixed reactions, with experts warning about the reliability, bias and interpretation issues present in the technology's training data.
Why is it important
While many governments have already begun to integrate AI into their structures, this is one of the first examples of granting legislative power to the technology in some capacity. As the systems achieve levels of persuasion, reasoning, and other superhuman abilities, their use in politics will raise existential questions about AI versus human judgment in lawmaking.
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