Kingdom seeks to establish new smart cities based on artificial intelligence: minister

Saudi Minister of Housing Majid Al Hogail

Saudi Minister of Housing Majid Al Hogail highlighted the contributions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to the Saudi infrastructure and acceleration of the achievement process.

The ministry seeks to create new smart cities based on artificial intelligence and the Internet of things (Iot) through the digitization of municipal services, Al Hogail said in his speech to the first Saudi Forum for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

He added that the Fourth Industrial Revolution contributed to creating new concepts about lifestyle and doing business, which pushes the ministry towards building innovative and sustainable work models to manage these new smart cities that also depend on high-speed means of communication and unification of central data.

The Minister also pointed to the role of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in changing the future of the municipal sector, as it raises the quality of life, through moving to the design of cities and neighborhoods that preserve natural life, provide energy, protect the environment, and promote peace and public health.