Doha – The Moroccan Minister for Digital Transition Amal El Fallah Siehrouchni recently met with a number of high -ranking US officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consolidate the digital partnership between Rabat and Washington, the Morocco Ambassador said in the USA, said Youssef Amrani on Monday.
In the meeting, attempts were made to advance the digital cooperation between Rabat and Washington and to build on their joint initiatives for artificial intelligence that started last year.
“Productive discussions in the US State Department between Minister Amal El Fallah and Ambassador Steve Lang, head of cyberspace and digital politics” posted On X.
“We have confirmed the strong partnership in Morocco-USA, which promotes cooperation in digital transformation and artificial intelligence in order to promote innovation and shared prosperity for both nations. The promising perspectives are ahead of us,” wrote the Moroccan diplomat.
Ambassador Amrani added This minister El Fallah, who acts as a minister as a delegate of the government manager for the digital transition and the administrative reform, also kept a “productive meeting in the Foreign Ministry with Ms. Leila Elmergawi, director of strategy and global AI policy”.
During this meeting they discussed “Morocco’s ambitious AI -Roadmap and the Digital Morocco 2030 plan to reaffirm their commitment to the further development of AI development and the digital transformation for a successful future”.
These discussions are based on groundbreaking Morocco-US collaborations in the AI. In March 2024, both countries shook barriers from Co-present The first UN solution for artificial intelligence.
The solution, entitled “Use of the opportunities of safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development”, received before its introduction of 123 Member States.
After this service in June 2024 both countries founded The group of friends about artificial intelligence for sustainable development in the UN headquarters in New York.
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This initiative was launched by Morocco’s UN ambassador Omar Hilale and the US ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. The aim is to create a platform for international cooperation in AI development, with the focus on the support of developing countries.
Former US Secretary of State Antony flashing recognized The contributions from Morocco during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ki last December.
“This summer, the USA and Morocco have also set up a group in the United Nations that openly shares all Member States for the acceptance of artificial intelligence,” said Blinking and described it as “real progress”.
The North African country makes courageous progress in accepting AI. In April 2024 a parliamentary opposition group in the Moroccos House of Councils submitted A legislative proposal to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country.
The draft law is presented by the parliamentary group of the Moroccan union and aims to solve the risks and illegal applications of AI technology and at the same time suggest the creation of a national agency for artificial intelligence to monitor AI government.
In the event of approval, the agency would be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of a national AI strategy, to promote AI talents and to ensure ethical AI uses in Morocco.
A survey recently surrounded by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as part of the global consumer mood of 2023 CCI, a recently carried out survey unveiled That 80% of Moroccan consumers are aware of Chatgpt, while 38% use the AI tool actively.
This positions Morocco as the second highest user of Chatgpt worldwide, to India and leader in Africa.
