Egypt: National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies released National Generative AI Guidelines

On 14 March 2026, the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies (NCAI) released Egypt's National Generative AI Guidelines. Developed under the leadership of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), with contributions from the Egyptian Center for Responsible AI (ECRAI). The guidelines establish a principles-based framework to support the safe, responsible, and trustworthy development, deployment, and use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) across the public sector, private sector, academia, and society at large. The guidelines adopt a human-centered and risk-proportionate approach, aligned with internationally recognised frameworks from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the G7 through the Hiroshima Process on Advanced AI, and the Council of Europe. They address distinct governance challenges raised by Generative AI, including hallucinations and inaccurate outputs, large-scale misinformation and deepfakes, bias and discrimination, privacy and data protection risks, intellectual property concerns, and unclear accountability. The guidelines define scope and applicability across five user categories: Developers and Model Providers, Deployers and Service Providers, Institutional and Organizational Users, Individual Users and Content Creators, and High-Impact or Sensitive Use Contexts. Specific guidance covers Agentic AI Guidelines, DeepFake Guidelines, Generative AI in Education and Scientific Research, and Disclosure requirements. Annex 1 provides guidance on Effective Prompting for Generative AI. The guidelines are designed as a living framework subject to periodic review.