{"id":29910,"date":"2025-07-22T07:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/?p=29910"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:48:35","slug":"schools-to-courts-dubai-expects-new-ai-icons-to-be-used-across-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/2025\/07\/22\/schools-to-courts-dubai-expects-new-ai-icons-to-be-used-across-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools to courts: Dubai expects new AI icons to be used across sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Hamdan has directed Dubai Government entities to adopt the system in their research and knowledge-based projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubai anticipates that its\u00a0Human-Machine Collaboration (HMC) icons\u00a0and standards will be adopted across a wide range of sectors \u2014 from high schools and universities for assignment submissions to investment consultants advising on market strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResearch and management consultants can use them to\u00a0build client trust, while legal firms may use them to highlight when human expertise plays a critical role in court recommendations,\u201d said Dr Heba Chehade, Head of Foresight Research at the Dubai Future Foundation\u00a0(DFF), in an interview with\u00a0<em>El tiempo de Khaleej<\/em>. The DFF developed the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also see adoption by \u2026 creative professionals in media, art and advertising (who may) leverage the system to show the balance between human creativity and machine assistance,\u201d she added. \u201cThis system enables organisations to demonstrate value and authenticity to their audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgengine.khaleejtimes.com\/khaleejtimes-english\/2025-07-21\/c3w1loqd\/IMG0428.JPG?width=1200&amp;format=auto\" alt=\"Dr Heba Chehade, Head of Foresight Research, Dubai Future Foundation\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1502\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Heba Chehade, Head of Foresight Research, Dubai Future Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announced by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, the global classification system introduces five primary classifications indicating levels of human-machine collaboration, along with nine icons that illustrate the point in the process where the interaction occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Machines\u2019 in this context include digital technologies such as algorithms, automation tools, generative AI models, and robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgengine.khaleejtimes.com\/khaleejtimes-english\/2025-07-21\/kiglj0d8\/Screenshot-2025-07-21-at-4.31.09-PM.png?width=1200&amp;format=auto\" alt=\"An example of how an icon under the Human-Machine Collaboration (HMC) classification system is to be used. Photo: Dubai Future Foundation\" height=\"2520\" width=\"2526\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An example of how an icon under the Human-Machine Collaboration (HMC) classification system is to be used. Photo: Dubai Future Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked whether usage of the icons will be monitored, Dr Heba clarified that the HMC system is not intended to be a regulatory or policing tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnlike online detection tools or generative watermarking \u2014 which still face technical limitations and are focused purely on outputs \u2014 the HMC system is designed to encourage transparency from the start of the process. It is about enabling content creators to disclose where and how AI was involved, acknowledging that even researchers themselves often rely on personal judgement when working iteratively with machines. Rather than enforcing compliance or penalties, the goal is to promote accountability and integrity in a way that is practical and user-driven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Government projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Hamdan has directed Dubai Government entities to adopt the system in their research and knowledge-based projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis Highness has directed all Dubai Government entities to integrate the HMC system into their research and knowledge-based efforts,\u201d Dr Heba explained. \u201cIn practice, this can apply anywhere content is created and shared \u2014 whether in policy, strategy or public communications. As a guiding principle, any output that informs decision-making and impacts society, whether in the short or long term, should include these icons. For example, a policy report outlining future urban development strategies would benefit from displaying these icons to demonstrate transparency around human and AI contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, use of the HMC icons is voluntary and open to anyone \u2014 in Dubai or globally. \u201cAt the DFF, we implemented the icons immediately upon their announcement. Since then, our research partners, including research institutions and government bodies, have shown significant interest and commitment to adopting them. Like the global community, which has long awaited such standards, we are eager to see which organisations in Dubai and beyond will lead the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on how the system came to be, Dr Heba said the foresight research team began with a central question: What if we created a framework that empowers researchers to self-declare, driving greater accountability and encouraging innovation beyond machines\u2019 capabilities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom ideation and drafting use cases to design iterations and legal protections, the process was deeply collaborative. Our designers transformed early concepts into the icon set we see today, which now stands as a pioneering framework for transparent human-machine collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fuente: Khaleej Time<\/strong>s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published: 22 July 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Hamdan has directed Dubai Government entities to adopt the system in their research and knowledge-based projects Dubai anticipates that its\u00a0Human-Machine Collaboration (HMC) icons\u00a0and standards will be adopted across a wide range of sectors \u2014 from high schools and universities for assignment submissions to investment consultants advising on market strategies. \u201cResearch and management consultants can [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3542,892,1079,3453,3541],"class_list":["post-29910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ai-in-education-and-law","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-digital-transformation","tag-dubai-ai","tag-smart-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}