Dubai to host largest global AI prompt engineering challenge, Dh1 million prize

Dubai: Dubai will be the venue for the world's largest AI prompt engineering contest, the Global Prompt Engineering Championship, next week. Scheduled for May 20 to 21, the event will unfold at Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council.

Organized by the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence, part of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), the championship will see 30 finalists competing. These finalists, hailing from nearly 100 countries, were chosen from thousands of applicants. They will contest in three categories: Art, Literature and Coding, vying for a total prize fund of Dh1 million.

"The Global Prompt Engineering Championship has attracted significant global interest, with thousands of entries from around 100 countries, illustrating the widespread impact of AI across sectors, from manufacturing and science to art and culture," said Saeed Al Falasi, Director of Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence.

Judges from prestigious entities will evaluate the participants, including Art Dubai, Dubai Culture, Microsoft, International Media Investments (IMI), Emirates Literature Foundation, Google and IBM. The competition will consist of four rounds on the first day, assessing speed, quality, innovation, creativity and accuracy. The top three from each category will progress to the final round on the second day to compete for the Dh1 million prize fund.