{"name":"Applied AI in Åland Islands — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Åland Islands, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/aland-islands","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Åland Islands","slug":"aland-islands","iso2":"AX","region":"Europe"},"counts":{"entries":6,"deployments":3,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":0,"regulation":3,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":6},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Åland Islands","org":"Supreme Court of Finland; Åland Lagting","text":"Åland AI regulation cleared review as Finland's Supreme Court held the Regional Act on Supervision of Artificial Intelligence within the islands' powers, with no bar to commencement. Passed by the Lagting on 17 June 2026 alongside amendments to sections 1 and 4 of the regional act on market control of certain products, this AI oversight law supplements EU Regulation 2024/1689.","date":"2026-09-29","source":"https://www.korkeinoikeus.fi/sv/aktuellt/nyhetsarkiv/utlatande-om-landskapslagen-om-tillsyn-over-artificiell-intelligens-och-en-annan-landskapslag/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Åland Islands","role":"Social worker","org":"Kommunernas socialtjänst (KST)","text":"Kommunernas socialtjänst (KST) is trialling Helen Assistant, a tool for AI interpreting in social services covering over 80 languages, in selected client meetings through 31 December 2026. Clients may decline, and staff use the AI translation for social workers only where suitable. KST will assess results before any permanent rollout from 1 January 2027.","date":"2026-09-25","source":"https://www.kst.ax/nyheter/kst-testar-ai-tolk-klientmoten"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Retail & Consumer","region":"Åland Islands","role":"Tourism entrepreneur","org":"Högskolan på Åland","text":"Högskolan på Åland's Light in the Dark project has produced Tourism Business Idea Generator, an AI for tourism businesses tool with a €20,000 budget. Small and medium operators around the Baltic Sea can use it for custom low-season products and marketing content, no prompt engineering required. The AI tourism idea tool targets quiet-season gaps with tailored suggestions over generic templates.","date":"2026-09-01","source":"https://alandsradio.ax/nyheter/hogskolan-satsar-20-000-pa-ai-verktyg-for-turistforetagare"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Åland Islands","org":"Ålands lagting","text":"Ålands lagting has passed the Landskapslag om tillsyn över artificiell intelligens (AI Oversight Law), transposing the EU AI Act into legislation for the autonomous region. Following two readings, the statute names Datainspektionen as the supervisory authority responsible for enforcement, giving the body powers over AI system oversight and compliance across Åland's jurisdiction. The framework applies AI system compliance regulation modelled on the AI Act's structure, adapted to the islands' devolved legal system.","date":"2026-06-03","source":"https://www.lagtinget.ax/arenden/60082/60525"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Åland Islands","role":"Sports journalist","org":"Ålandstidningen","text":"Ålandstidningen, a Swedish-language paper in the Åland Islands, offers live AI sports streaming of football, ice hockey and volleyball. One staff member positions a three-lens camera at each venue, and the AI-driven broadcast captures audio and pictures unaided.","date":"2025-09","source":"https://www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/midas/no-crew-no-problem-broadcasting-sports-with-ai-on-the-aland-islands"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Åland Islands","org":"Ålands landskapsregering","text":"The Government of Åland has adopted an AI policy for public administration, setting rules on permitted AI uses in its agencies. Deployments need a prior risk assessment, and invoice processing is named as a priority use case for pattern recognition cutting manual work. This is Åland's first formal AI governance policy for government operations.","date":"2025-04-29","source":"https://alandsradio.ax/nyheter/ny-ai-policy-ska-gora-landskapet-mer-effektivt-bland-annat-med-fakturahantering"}]}