The UAE National Program for Artificial Intelligence has introduced the ‘Deepfake Guide’, to raise social awareness on the harmful and useful uses of deepfake technologies.
The guide also explores its effect on social wellbeing, and the means to face the various challenges resulting from the harmful applications of such technologies.
It was launched as a part of the initiatives of UAE Council for Digital Wellbeing, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
The ‘Deepfake Guide’ aims to deep-root the concept of comprehensive wellbeing in the UAE, enabling individuals to adopt healthy technological habits, introducing best technological practices to face digital challenges, and providing guidance on how to deal effectively with technology and ensure its positive impact on people’s lives.
His Excellency Omar Sultan AlOlama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, stressed that advanced technology has contributed to achieving a quantum leap in societies’ wellbeing.
He pointed out that it is imperative to focus on the positive and beneficial uses of advanced technologies, raise community members’ awareness on their potential and diverse applications, acquaint them with the most important future challenges, and use technology in developing innovative solutions to build a better future for next generations.
AlOlama said that the launch of the ‘Deepfakes Guide’ comes within the national efforts aiming to shed lights on the various positive uses of future technologies and highlight the challenges resulting from the misuse of technology tools and their impact on societies.
“The UAE National Program for Artificial Intelligence supports all programmes and initiatives aiming at accelerating and promoting the adoption of modern technology in vital future sectors, while ensuring the highest levels of safety, privacy and security. The program cooperates with various national and global government and private sector entities to ensure efficient usage of future technology for the benefit of the economy and the society as a whole,” he added.
