The UK and Qatar have launched a joint Artificial Intelligence (AI) research commission, seeking to establish a roadmap for UK-Qatar collaboration on AI that will benefit both countries.
The joint study will be led by Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar. The study is being led by Professor David Leslie, Professor of Ethics, Technology, and Society at Queen Mary University of London’s Digital Environment Research Institute, and the Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at the Alan Turing Institute.
The project will build on the exciting progress that both countries have made on AI, and identify and scope practical and ambitious ways for the countries to enhance their cooperation in this field in line with their AI and technology strategies. A range of areas will be explored across the spectrum of ecosystem development, policy and regulation, security, and international engagement.
It has been designed and developed as a collaboration between Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the AI Committee of the Qatar Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council (QRDI), and the British Embassy in Doha.
The announcement of the collaboration coincides with the State Visit of the Amir of Qatar to the UK.
The project is funded by the UK Government’s Gulf Strategy Fund, part of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) International Programme.
SOURCE: GovUK