Regulatory Intelligence Office — the UAE Cabinet's AI-Powered System for Legislative Impact Monitoring and Drafting

On 14 April 2025, the UAE Cabinet, chaired by Vice-President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, approved the creation of a Regulatory Intelligence Office within the Cabinet's General Secretariat. The office is designed to build a comprehensive legislative map linking all federal and local laws to judicial rulings, executive procedures and public services, and to use large-scale data analysis to track the real-time economic and social impact of legislation and recommend updates.
Reporting on the initiative, Khaleej Times said officials anticipate the AI system could shorten legislative drafting and enactment procedures by as much as 70%, by automating research and cross-referencing tasks that previously required extensive manual work. Two independent UAE legal figures quoted by Khaleej Times — legaltech lawyer Taimur Malik and Al Tamimi & Company chairman Essam Al Tamimi — described the initiative positively, calling it 'groundbreaking' and consistent with the UAE's broader push toward AI adoption, though neither offered independent measurement of results.
As of this write-up, roughly a year after Cabinet approval, no independently audited data on actual drafting-time reductions, error rates or legislative outcomes has been published; the 70% figure is an official anticipated target relayed through government and press channels rather than a measured result, and coverage found was limited to the initial announcement and immediate reactions rather than any follow-up evaluation. This is a case where a real, high-level government commitment and a clear intended use of AI are documented, but the evidentiary record for actual impact remains thin.

Read the full analysis: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-ai-powered-legislative-office-cabinet-sheikh-mohammed