Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world and has made an effective impact in a range of fields including industry, criminal law, health, national security, transport, nanotechnology, intelligent cities as well as issues such as algorithms and access to the data. In addition, by 2030 it will contribute to the GDP. By being a global technological centre, Saudi Arabia diversifies its economy. Based on its 'Vision 2030' initiative, it has launched the Kingdom's greatest and most aspirant change plan. This paper demonstrated the developed AI techniques of Saudi Arabia that are split into two types. The first type is the NEOM Project, which is a planned city that will incorporate smart city technologies in the northwest of the kingdom, located in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The second type is robots, which are machines that can automatically perform a complex series of actions, especially one that is programmable by a computer like SOPHIA Robot, SARAH CHATBOT Robot, Medical Robot, etc. As well as the paper also described the universal efforts of AI to face the pandemic of COVID-19. In addition, the paper outlined how AI techniques could help reduce the burden on health workers to provide faster diagnostic tests and forecast the epidemic's impending outbreak. Finally, the strategies of Saudi Arabia to face the pandemic of COVID-19 have been illustrated.