A Saudi artificial intelligence team supervised by the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) and the Ministry of Education is competing at the third International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI 2026) in Astana, Kazakhstan, which runs from August 2 to 8, 2026, with participants from more than 100 countries.

Ahead of the competition, team members went through a long preparation programme of forums and intensive camps to build their scientific and practical AI skills, sharpen their problem-solving and deepen their expertise in developing AI models and algorithms.

One of the newest international science Olympiads for secondary school students, the IOAI tests and develops participants' abilities through theoretical and practical exams in machine learning, natural language processing and computer vision, while encouraging innovation, collaboration and exchange among students worldwide.