{"name":"Applied AI in Cyprus — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Cyprus, 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/cyprus","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":"Cyprus","slug":"cyprus","iso2":"CY","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":16,"deployments":7,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":7,"industries":6,"countries":1,"linked":16},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","org":"Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy","text":"Nicodemos Damianou, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, has unveiled a strategy defining Cyprus AI policy to 2032, built on 16 flagship programmes. Formal adoption of this national AI plan is still pending.","date":"2026-10-15","source":"https://www.cbn.com.cy/article/134816/deputy-minister-presents-ai-strategy-featuring-16-flagship-programmes-by-2032"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Business Operations","region":"Cyprus","org":"Statistical Service of Cyprus","text":"AI adoption in Cyprus hit 9.3 per cent of firms in 2025, from 2.6 per cent in 2021, the Statistical Service found. Size drives the gap: 7.7 per cent among small firms with 10 to 49 staff, 15.3 among mid-sized ones, 35.1 at employers of 250-plus. Business use of AI was measured in selected sectors among firms of 10-plus staff.","date":"2026-09-06","source":"https://www.tothemaonline.com/Article/471779/poses-kypriakes-epiheirhseis-hrhsimopoioyn-ai-ti-deihnoyn-oi-arithmoi---to-hasma-kai-to-neo-stoihhma---"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","org":"Republic of Cyprus","text":"Cyprus AI regulation reaches draft stage: the Artificial Intelligence Law of 2026, open for comment until 16 September 2026, carries the European Union's AI Act into domestic law. An Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Directorate would sit inside the Office of the Commissioner for Communications, with named competent authorities, oversight of AI systems and administrative fines for breaches. The national AI rules allow a sandbox for responsible innovation.","date":"2026-08-19","source":"https://www.oeb.org.cy/dimosia-diavoyleysi-gia-ton-peri-technitis-noimosynis-nomo-toy-2026/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","role":"Traffic police officer","org":"Cyprus Police (Traffic Police)","text":"Cyprus has taken delivery of the first AI traffic cameras, which the traffic police say will go up on Griva Digeni Avenue in Nicosia in place of two units now sitting idle. The force says the equipment will flag unbelted drivers, helmetless riders, phone use at the wheel and other distractions, with a supplier still to finish preparatory work. These AI enforcement cameras will run as a trial first, judged on what the results show.","date":"2026-07-07","source":"https://en.sigmalive.com/ai-traffic-cameras-arrive-in-cyprus-what-you-need-to-know/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Cyprus","org":"Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission","text":"The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) warned supervised firms in Circular C786 of growing frontier AI cybersecurity risks, as frontier models can locate and exploit software vulnerabilities with unmatched speed and scale. CySEC reminds firms that the Digital Operational Resilience Act demands sound ICT risk management frameworks against AI-enabled cyber threats.","date":"2026-06-17","source":"https://gpglobalcy.com/En/news/718-Read_the_CySEC_Circular_C786-2026-06-17"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","role":"Firefighter","org":"Cyprus Fire Service","text":"Cyprus Fire Service runs four AI wildfire detection units reaching roughly 80 per cent of unpopulated ground in the government-controlled zone. Brigade chief Nikos Logginos ranks the units central to the 2026 summer plan, saying each spots a flame or plume no bigger than a square metre. Another 13 are earmarked for industrial estates on an €800,000 budget, while taking AI smoke detection into open country and woodland awaits finance ministry approval.","date":"2026-05-12","source":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/05/12/cyprus-expands-firefighting-defence-with-aircraft-and-ai-warning-systems"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","org":"House of Representatives","text":"Deepfake regulation arrived in Cyprus through Law 29(I)/2026, revising the Copyright and Related Rights Law against unauthorised synthetic media. Producing or sharing deepfakes without consent now carries criminal liability plus civil remedies, with fabricated likeness safeguards lasting 50 years past a person's death.","date":"2026-03-12","source":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/12/new-law-seeks-to-outlaw-deepfakes"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Cyprus","org":"Eurostat","text":"Generative AI use in Cyprus runs at 76.5 per cent among 16 to 24-year-olds for 2025, Eurostat figures show, comfortably ahead of the European Union benchmark. Across the EU the reading for that age band was 63.8 per cent over the same year. AI uptake among young people peaked in Greece at 83.5 per cent, then Estonia on 82.8, the Czech Republic 78.5.","date":"2026-02-16","source":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/02/16/cyprus-youth-among-top-ai-users-as-generative-tools-surge-in-2025"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Transport & Logistics","region":"Cyprus","role":"Shipping and logistics staff","org":"Island Oil Holdings","text":"Island Oil Agent, a new AI chatbot on Microsoft Teams, now gives Island Oil Holdings staff instant access to manuals and procedures, marking a wider AI deployment in energy operations at the Limassol firm. Selected staff also use Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Plus to draft documents. Robotic process automation bots handle bank reconciliations, and AI-powered cybersecurity tools detect threats and trigger automated remediation, an approach mirroring broader AI adoption in oil sector firms.","date":"2025-11-21","source":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/21/limassol-firm-pushes-ahead-with-ai-driven-digital-transformation"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","role":"Civil servant","org":"Government of Cyprus","text":"Cyprus has begun AI in government work, rolling out Microsoft Co-pilot to civil servants with 350 licences for report drafting and routine operations. Nikodimos Damianou linked the move to digital modernisation of the public sector after a cabinet meeting. Training was included for safe, effective adoption.","date":"2025-10-08","source":"https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ai-enters-the-bureaucracy-as-microsoft-co-pilot-rolls-out-in-public-administration"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Cyprus","role":"Bank employees (IT support)","org":"Eurobank Cyprus","text":"Cyprus now hosts what Eurobank terms Europe's first enterprise-grade agentic AI voice platform, developed alongside Fairfax Digital Services and Voicing.AI. Staff hold lifelike spoken exchanges with these AI voice agents, which resolve IT questions and run operational chores unaided. Eurobank next plans wider adoption spanning HR, compliance and customer-facing roles.","date":"2025-06-17","source":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/06/17/cyprus-sees-launch-of-europes-first-agentic-ai-voice-platform-for-business"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Cyprus","role":"Media monitoring analysts","org":"Clip News","text":"Clip News, a Cyprus media intelligence firm, runs an AI-powered radio and TV monitoring platform across 39 stations, 24/7: 15 in Cyprus, 24 in Greece. Built with Italian partner Digital Wave Form, it applies Automatic Speech Recognition above 90% accuracy for instant alerts and transcripts for marketing and communications staff, marking Greece's first use of automated broadcast transcription monitoring.","date":"2025-02-26","source":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/02/26/clip-news-radio-and-tv-monitoring-services-powered-by-ai"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","org":"Government of Cyprus","text":"Cyprus AI Act regulation now runs through three bodies the Council of Ministers named to meet EU requirements. The Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy is national coordinator on the European AI Board. The Commissioner of Electronic Communications holds the Notifying Authority, Market Surveillance Authority and Single Point of Contact roles; the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection is Market Surveillance Authority for high-risk AI systems, completing this AI Act implementation authorities structure.","date":"2025-01-22","source":"https://www.gov.cy/dmrid/en/uncategorized/regulation-eu-2024-1689-establishing-harmonised-rules-on-artificial-intelligence-ai-act/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","org":"Council of Ministers","text":"A new panel now drives Cyprus AI policy: the National AI Taskforce, cleared by Cyprus's Council of Ministers on 22 January 2025 under the Chief Scientist for Research, Innovation and Technology. Members chosen for AI expertise hold five-year posts, guiding national AI strategy, public adoption and innovation.","date":"2025-01-22","source":"https://ldlaw.com.cy/2025/01/22/establishment-of-a-national-ai-taskforce/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Cyprus","role":"Secondary school teachers and students","org":"AI4EDU project (University of Cyprus and Cyprus Pedagogical Institute)","text":"AI4EDU, a joint project of the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, put AI classroom tools for secondary education through four classroom trials, dividing 160 teenagers evenly between test and comparison groups of 80 apiece. Physics, Chemistry and English Literature lessons hosted the conversational assistants TeacherMate and Study Buddy, with the latter also backing homework completion and exam readiness beyond ordinary lesson hours, functioning as AI tutoring assistants in schools. The work ran January to May 2025.","date":"2025-01","source":"https://ai4edu.eu/2025/10/23/pilots-implementation-in-cy-gr-ie-and-se/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Cyprus","org":"Council of Ministers","text":"Cyprus's Council of Ministers adopted the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy of Cyprus, drafted by the Department of Electronic Communications and an AI panel. Four pillars anchor it: partnership investment, data spaces, lifelong learning, and trustworthy AI, forming the basis of Cyprus AI policy.","date":"2020-01-27","source":"https://dikaiosyni.com/enimerwsi/egkrithike-iethniki-stratigiki-texnitis-noimosinis/"}]}