{"name":"Applied AI in Greece — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Greece, 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/greece","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":"Greece","slug":"greece","iso2":"GR","region":"Europe"},"counts":{"entries":24,"deployments":15,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":3,"regulation":6,"industries":9,"countries":1,"linked":24},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Greece","role":"Lawyers","org":"Drakopoulos","text":"Athens-headquartered Drakopoulos is rolling Harvey out to every lawyer, practice group and office after a trial on real matters. Lawyers across Southeast Europe will apply the legal AI tool to research, drafting, review and cross-border due diligence.","date":"2026-10-15","source":"https://www.harvey.ai/blog/drakopoulos-adopts-harvey-firmwide"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"HR & People","region":"Greece","org":"Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Greece)","text":"Minister Niki Kerameos of Greece's Ministry of Labour and Social Security now holds a committee blueprint curbing AI in HR management while transposing EU Directive 2024/2831 for gig platforms. Software could no longer read an employee's emotional or psychological condition. Pivotal calls on staff would require a human check plus rights to explanation and appeal, and unions and employer groups will debate these algorithmic management limits first.","date":"2026-10-05","source":"https://ypergasias.gov.gr/neo-schedio-nomou-gia-ton-kathorismo-orion-stin-paremvasi-tis-technitis-noimosynis-sto-anthropino-dynamiko-proothei-i-ypeka-n-kerameos/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Business Operations","region":"Greece","org":"Amazon Web Services (study by Strand Partners)","text":"AI adoption in Greek businesses hit 47%, against 34% last year, says Unlocking Greece's AI Potential 2026 by Strand Partners for Amazon Web Services. Yearly growth of 38% ranks fourth in Europe. Still, 61% of users stay entry-level, 17% reach the top tier and 48% blame missing skills for stalling enterprise AI uptake.","date":"2026-10-02","source":"https://infocom.gr/2026/10/02/i-ellada-bainei-stin-epochi-ton-ai-agents-ti-eide-i-amazon-aws-stin-elliniki-agora-erevna/109116/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Greece","role":"Health inspector","org":"Ministry of Health (Greece)","text":"Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis launched MedWatch on Friday 18 September, setting AI in medical regulation on what doctors and clinics say about themselves online. The tool trawls medical association registries, Google Maps and Google Places, clinic sites, adverts on Meta, TikTok and Google and public profiles, then weighs every claim against the named practitioner's specialty, licence and lawful setting. Athens surgeries fell under the healthcare AI sweep straight away, the rest of Greece inside roughly 10 days.","date":"2026-09-18","source":"https://www.tovima.com/politics/greece-deploys-ai-to-police-clinics-after-mazonakiss-death/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","role":"Judge","org":"Hellenic Court of Audit","text":"Greece's Hellenic Court of Audit (Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο) now runs an AI virtual assistant for judges, an AI-assisted judicial tool hunting through statutes and precedent to sort case files faster. Goal: shrink rulings from near 1,500 days to 600-650 days by end-2027. This came with a digital and energy revamp, moving filings and pre-contractual checks on public contracts fully online.","date":"2026-09-17","source":"https://www.tanea.gr/2026/09/17/epikairotita/oloklirothike-i-psifiaki-kai-energeiaki-anavathmisi-tou-elegktikou-synedriou-poios-o-rolos-tou-eikonikou-voithou-dikasti/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Greece","org":"University of Patras (KEDIVIM)","text":"Greece's first university-certified cohort in AI in public administration wraps coursework this month and next, having started 29 June. The University of Patras's lifelong-learning centre backs the qualification, from the nation's first distance-based degree in this field. It sets a new benchmark for government AI credentialing nationwide.","date":"2026-09-10","source":"https://www.alfavita.gr/koinonia/559793_bgainoyn-ayto-mina-oi-protoi-stin-ellada-pistopoiimenoi-dimosioi-ypalliloi-stin"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","role":"Tax auditor","org":"AADE (Independent Authority for Public Revenue)","text":"Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has activated dedicated units for AI tax audits, running risk analysis and automated cross-checks. They are meant to improve how the authority spots tax risk and audits.","date":"2026-08-24","source":"https://www.in.gr/2026/08/24/english-edition/tax-authoritys-new-structure-and-ai-units-come-into-force/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","org":"Hellenic Parliament","text":"Under Law 5321/2026, Greece rolls out Greece AI regulation via EU AI Act implementation for Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. Oversight splits between the Hellenic Data Protection Authority for market surveillance and the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission as notifying authority, alongside a sandbox, an AI Observatory and a public-sector systems registry. Stripping transparency labels from deepfake content now carries criminal liability.","date":"2026-07-20","source":"https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5321/2026"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","role":"Traffic police officer","org":"Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and AI","text":"Greece's Ministry of Digital Governance switched on pilot AI traffic cameras at eight high-risk points in Attica on 28 March 2026, certifying violations through the traffic police system and notifying drivers via gov.gr. The first 130 digital fines, mostly for red-light running and helmetless motorcyclists, went out within days; three ministries share the programme: digital governance, citizen protection and transport.","date":"2026-03-28","source":"https://www.zougla.gr/greece/psifiaka-erchontai-ta-prostima-apo-tis-kameres-technitis-noimosynis/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","org":"Greek Ministry of Interior","text":"Greece's Ministry of Interior renewed its Google cooperation deal, extending AI training for civil servants through December 2026 with Gemini AI built into the curriculum. Since 2023, 85,772 staff have finished digital skills courses, including 35,839 who joined AI-focused sessions across 77 webinars in 2024-2025, averaging 1,130 attendees each. The new phase targets hands-on AI fluency in daily public-sector work, broadening earlier government employee AI skills efforts.","date":"2026-02-20","source":"https://en.protothema.gr/2026/02/20/new-ministry-of-interior-google-partnership-to-boost-ai-skills-in-the-public-sector/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Greece","role":"Lawyers","org":"Zepos & Yannopoulos","text":"Zepos & Yannopoulos is phasing a legal AI selection, Harvey, in across the firm, starting with advisory and tax plus corporate and commercial teams, with dispute trials under way. Co-managing partner Yerassimos Yannopoulos credits hands-on training.","date":"2026-01-28","source":"https://www.harvey.ai/blog/zepos-and-yannopoulos-rolls-out-harvey-firmwide"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","org":"Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)","text":"Greece's HDPA outlawed the Hellenic Police's €4 million Smart Policing scheme under Decision 45/2025, banning AI-enabled surveillance in law enforcement. Scanning faces and fingerprints via handheld field gear, the biometric identification system for policing lacked lawful footing, regulators found, and officers were told to keep it off.","date":"2025-12-31","source":"https://edri.org/our-work/greeces-ai-smart-policing-system-ruled-unlawful-after-e4-million-public-spending/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Greece","role":"Emergency physicians","org":"Greek Ministry of Health","text":"Sword Health will engineer Greece's AI triage in healthcare push under a fresh state accord spanning over 10 million people. Referral work and guidance shift onto the existing 1566 line, forming an AI-powered front door to healthcare targeted for Easter 2026, with independent watchdogs, the WHO's Greek office among them, checking progress.","date":"2025-11-24","source":"https://www.pagenews.gr/2025/11/24/english-edition/adonis-georgiadis-leads-ai-powered-revolution-at-1566-transforms-greeces-public-healthcare-system/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Greece","role":"Emergency physicians","org":"Larissa General Hospital","text":"Emergency department delays at Larissa General Hospital have fallen by 30 to 40 per cent since clinicians began relying on StapTep, an AI triage system designed to steer arriving patients toward suitable treatment and ease clerical strain on physicians. Greece's Minister of Health cited the outcome as proof that automated patient routing delivers results in practice, and officials now plan to extend the same digital assistant across hospitals nationwide. Speed to treatment, ministry figures suggest, now hinges on clinical urgency rather than paperwork.","date":"2025-11-01","source":"https://www.pagenews.gr/2025/11/01/english-edition/adonis-georgiadis-unveils-larissas-ultra-modern-er-ai-cuts-patient-waiting-times-by-40/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Greece","role":"Physicians","org":"Greek Ministry of Health","text":"Greece's Ministry of Health and Ministry of Digital Governance deployed the Digital Doctor Assistant, the first AI in healthcare tool nationally. Inside the National Electronic Health Record (EHR) via myHealthDoc, this medical AI fetches test results, patient histories and medication records from doctors' questions, trimming paperwork and backing clinical decision-making.","date":"2025-10-30","source":"https://technode.gr/2025/10/30/se-leitourgia-o-psifiakos-voithos-iatrou-ston-ethniko-ilektroniko-fakelo-ygeias-i-techniti-noimosyni-axiopoieitai-ston-tomea-tis-ygeias/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Retail & Consumer","region":"Greece","role":"Retail assistant","org":"Core Innovations (Motor Oil Group)","text":"Greece's first autonomous AI convenience store has opened in Nea Smyrni: Smartshop, run by Core Innovations, a Motor Oil Group subsidiary. This unmanned retail format uses computer vision and sensors to stay open unstaffed 23:00–07:00, with card payment and three-step checkout.","date":"2025-09-29","source":"https://www.flash.gr/smartshop-to-proto-ai-mini-market-choris-prosopiko-stin-ellada-molis-anoixe-1025072"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"HR & People","region":"Greece","role":"HR professionals","org":"Esperia Group","text":"Wages for over 1,250 workers at Esperia Group, based in Rhodes, now flow through an AI-powered HR platform running on Entersoft-SOFTONE's WorkLife HCM system. Tips, overtime, benefits and clock-in records are managed through automated payroll processing, while attendance figures pass automatically to ERGANI II under Greece's Digital Work Card scheme.","date":"2025-09-10","source":"https://en.parapolitika.gr/business/53502/esperia-group-revolutionizes-hr-management-with-worklife-solution/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Greece","role":"Teachers","org":"Ministry of Education of Greece","text":"Greece's government partnered with OpenAI, extending AI in secondary education to 20 Greek Lyceums via Onassis Foundation backing. December 2025 brings ChatGPT Edu access for staff, then pupils by March 2026 under this generative AI in public schools initiative. Such national-scale classroom rollout remains rare worldwide.","date":"2025-09-05","source":"https://www.euro2day.gr/news/politics/article/2315028/mhtsotakhs-mnhmonio-synergasias-me-openai-gia-erga.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Greece","role":"Insurance claims handler","org":"Ethniki Asfalistiki (National Insurance)","text":"Ethniki Asfalistiki now settles claims in 2-3 minutes, running AI claims processing in insurance with Archeio8iki on the AI Flows platform. Vision models, OCR and language models scan medical files, sort them and pull the fields, an automated insurance document workflow. High-confidence cases skip straight to payout.","date":"2025-08-05","source":"https://insurancedaily.gr/apozimioseis-se-2-3-lepta-pos-i-techniti-n-2"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","org":"Ministry of Digital Governance","text":"The Ministry of Digital Governance houses a Special Secretariat for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance (Joint Ministerial Decision 1961/2025, Government Gazette B' 3804). Its job: shaping, coordinating and delivering Greece AI policy plus public data governance. Via Directorates for AI and Data Governance, it voices national AI policymaking on the EU AI Board and in international AI fora.","date":"2025-07-17","source":"https://www.myota.gr/2025/07/19/%cf%83%cf%8d%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%b7-%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae%cf%82-%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b1%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%87%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%ae/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Greece","role":"Radiologists","org":"Mediterraneo Hospital","text":"Greece's first hub-and-spoke stroke network now runs on AI stroke diagnosis from Nicolab's StrokeViewer platform at Mediterraneo Hospital in Athens, linking the capital to island sites on Santorini and Paros. Real-time scan analysis lets remote doctors judge severity and choose on-site care or urgent thrombectomy transfer. This AI-driven stroke care reaches islands that previously lacked rapid specialist assessment.","date":"2025-07","source":"https://nicolab.com/nicolab-and-mediterraneo-hospital-launch-greeces-first-ai-powered-stroke-network-connecting-athens-with-the-islands/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Greece","role":"Museum visitor services","org":"NOESIS Science Center and Technology Museum","text":"Greece's first AI visitor assistant, NOE515, now stands at the ticket counter of Thessaloniki's NOESIS Science Center and Technology Museum, an AI-powered guide for museum-goers still being trialled in beta form. Built atop Google's Gemini and hosted locally rather than in the cloud, it quizzes each party on numbers attending, hours free and personal interests, pairing their answers with a fitting ticket and suggested walking route. Staff wrote the code in Go and HTML, aiming to switch it on fully come September 2025.","date":"2025-06-06","source":"https://www.noesis.edu.gr/noe515-ai-june-2025/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","org":"High-Level Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence under the Prime Minister","text":"Greece national AI strategy now exists in writing: \"A Blueprint for Greece's AI Transformation\", from the High-Level Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence under the Prime Minister, coordinated by the Special Secretariat of Foresight, formed November 2023. Six flagship programmes span government administration, schooling, research, technology and innovation. This is Greece AI policy framework in practice.","date":"2024-11-25","source":"https://foresight.gov.gr/en/studies/A-Blueprint-for-Greece-s-AI-Transformation/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Greece","org":"Hellenic Parliament","text":"Greece regulates artificial intelligence under Law 4961/2022, a national framework for emerging digital technologies and the country's core AI regulation Greece has enacted. Chapter B, Articles 3-14, mandates algorithmic impact assessments, transparency duties, and a public-sector registry of AI systems, alongside a Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence overseeing this national AI framework.","date":"2022-07-27","source":"https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4961/2022"}]}