Dubai To Host The World’s Largest AI Prompt Engineering Challenge

The Global Prompt Engineering Championship, the largest AI prompt challenge globally, is set to take place at Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future from 20th-21st May. This event is held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council.

The Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence, overseen by the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), announced that the final stage will feature 30 participants across three main categories: Art, Literature, and Coding. These participants were selected from thousands of entries from around 100 countries and will compete for a total prize fund of AED1 million.

The judges for the Global Prompt Engineering Championship have been revealed. In the art category, the panel includes Benedetta Ghione from Art Dubai, Saeed Kharbash from Dubai Culture, and Mazen Abu Najm from Microsoft.

For the literature category, judges are Mustafa Al Rawi from International Media Investments (IMI), Ahlam Al Bolooki from Emirates Literature Foundation, and Ramesh Chander from Google. The coding category judges are Ashraf Khan from IBM, Abdul Rahman Al-Mahmoud from the UAE Artificial Intelligence Office, and Ahmed El Sayed from Google.

Saeed Al Falasi, Director of Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence, stated, "Hosting this global championship in Dubai underscores the importance of nurturing promising talents in generative AI. The competition provides them with a global platform for showcasing their skills and abilities."

He added that the Global Prompt Engineering Championship has attracted significant global interest, with thousands of entries from around 100 countries. This illustrates the widespread impact of AI across sectors such as manufacturing, science, art, and culture.

Competition Structure

On the first day of the Championship, participants will compete across four rounds in each category. They will be judged based on speed, quality, innovation, creativity, and accuracy of their content.

The top three challengers from each category will qualify for the final stage on the second day. They will then compete for a total prize fund of AED1 million.

With inputs from WAM