RIYADH — Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, President of the Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) Dr. Abdullah Bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, and CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City Fahd Bin Abdulmohsen Al-Rasheed inaugurated Wednesday the "Smartathon -The Smart Cities Challenge" with prizes of SR1,000,000.

This comes within strategic partnership between the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, the Royal Commission for Riyadh City and the Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA).

The challenge aims to develop emerging solutions to improve the urban landscape in the cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to come up with technical solutions that contribute to detecting and reducing visual distortions, and benefiting from the Saudi and international experiences to find solutions using data and artificial intelligence.

This is in addition to stimulating and developing talents and competencies in the fields of smart cities, data and artificial intelligence. — SPA