Dubai Announces Generative AI Prompt Tournament with AED 1 Million Prize

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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Future Foundation’s Board of Trustees has introduced a global generative AI challenge. The Global Prompt Engineering Championship competition will be held at the Museum of the Future in May 2024. With an AED 1 million total prize pool, it’s the biggest challenge of its kind to harness the potential of generative AI.

The Global Prompt Engineering Championship

The Dubai Center for Artificial Intelligence and DFF will collaborate to organize the challenge. Three primary categories will be presented at the global event: Coding, Arts, and Literature. Sheikh Hamdan stressed that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates as well as the Ruler of Dubai, is the inspiration behind Dubai’s proactive approach to becoming a global AI hub. The championship is in line with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s strategic directives, which call for the integration of Generative AI solutions into all sectors of the UAE and Dubai. The directive aligns with the country’s core goals, aspirations for the future, and goal of becoming a global leader in digital transformation.

In line with our commitment to make Dubai a global hub for talent and a launchpad for startups in Generative Artificial Intelligence, we have launched an international AI challenge. Blazing a new trail in this emerging technology, the world's largest challenge of its kind,…

— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) November 5, 2023

Generative AI Visionary – H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Sheikh Hamdan emphasized the city’s dedication to promoting innovative technologies and quickening the pace of digital transformation. Dubai is accomplishing this by building a strong digital infrastructure that supports and gives entrepreneurs and programmers the ability to shape the future and take on global challenges. It seeks to improve Dubai’s and the UAE’s standing as a hub for talent in generative AI. Additionally, he emphasized Dubai’s position as a worldwide centre for the future and its contribution to the development of AI tools and solutions. Dubai is becoming a digitally empowered city at the forefront of innovation by utilizing cutting-edge technology.

Tournament Objective

The tournament’s goal is to use generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, and other applications to increase the effectiveness and positive impact of content creation across different domains. Talented people from all over the world are also expected to be drawn to this international challenge. They include researchers, content creators, AI specialists, startups, and entrepreneurs who work with digital solutions and generative AI. They will be able to expand on their concepts and innovations and contribute to a variety of industries. These include programming, healthcare, law, the arts, music, and content creation. Sheikh Hamdan emphasized Dubai’s dedication to fostering an outstanding programming community and making a positive contribution to sustainable technological advancement, which includes luring top talent and subject matter experts to spur innovation.

How will the generative AI prompt challenge work?

It will be a two-day challenge. The first day’s main objective is to choose the top 30 prompt engineering programmers. The selected candidates will then go on to the second day’s final round. After that, programmers will be split into five groups and compete in three different categories: coding, literature, and art. A committee with specific expertise will assess finished projects according to three criteria: accuracy, speed, and quality. The winners of all three categories will receive a total prize of AED one million. The competition intends to enhance Dubai’s and the UAE’s standing as a hub for the development of a new wave of innovations related to prompt engineering as well as a destination for Generative AI talent and entrepreneurs. Individuals who would like to compete in the Global Prompt Engineering Championship may submit an application at: https://challenge.dub.ai/ar/

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