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management and sewage plant treatment.

He said, “Governments constantly must deal with high resident expectations and work

hard to meet these rapidly changing demands. Considering this, Dubai Municipality

has adopted a proactive stance by using artificial intelligence technologies for urban

planning, such as (Urbanist AI).”

According to the DM Chief, these tools assist planners in generating solutions tailored

to urban environments, facilitating accurate changes and advancements and

significantly saving time and costs.

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On Tuesday, Dubai Municipality also signed a cooperation agreement with the United

Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to support and enhance the
‘Artificial Intelligence in Dubai’. The agreement will be followed by the development of

a comprehensive proposal for the project ‘Artificial Intelligence in Dubai: Pioneering

Urban Intelligence for a Comprehensive and Sustainable Future’.

This project aims to improve collaboration across several areas of work, including the

creation of an AI governance strategy for Dubai’s urban planning and the

implementation of AI-driven simulation tools to improve priority areas and optimise

urban planning operations and services.

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