{"name":"Applied AI in Guyana — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Guyana, 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/guyana","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":"Guyana","slug":"guyana","iso2":"GY","region":"Latin America & Caribbean"},"counts":{"entries":7,"deployments":6,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":0,"industries":6,"countries":1,"linked":7},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Business Operations","region":"Guyana","org":"Microsoft AI Economy Institute (Global AI Diffusion Report Q2 2026)","text":"AI adoption in Guyana reached 11.3% of 15-to-64-year-olds by June 2026, 1.0 points above 10.3% in Q1, against 18.8% worldwide. Microsoft's Global AI Diffusion study derives that generative AI use estimate from pooled, anonymised telemetry, corrected for operating-system and device mix, connectivity and headcount. Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela share identical figures.","date":"2026-09-21","source":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Microsoft-AI-Diffusion-Report-2026-Q2.pdf"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Guyana","role":"Exploration geoscientist","org":"ExxonMobil","text":"ExxonMobil has found four new exploration opportunities in Guyana's Stabroek Block through AI oil exploration and advanced subsurface methods. Models trained on its past discoveries, drilling outcomes and subsurface data were turned on hard-to-evaluate acreage, blending advanced seismic imaging, high-performance computing, machine learning and deep learning. Exploration vice-president John Ardill says the company is widening their use for seismic analysis and prospect generation.","date":"2026-08-13","source":"https://www.worldoil.com/news/2026/8/13/exxonmobil-identifies-four-guyana-exploration-opportunities-using-ai/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Guyana","role":"Traffic police officer","org":"Government of Guyana","text":"Guyana's President Irfaan Ali says a mobile AI traffic enforcement unit is now patrolling roads, automatically spotting vehicles with unpaid tickets so they can be stopped. The surveillance unit's pilot days earlier caught 250 vehicles with outstanding tickets.","date":"2026-05-22","source":"https://demerarawaves.com/2026/05/22/mobile-ai-system-to-track-intercept-traffic-ticket-evaders/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Guyana","role":"Radiologist","org":"Ministry of Health / Enmore Regional Hospital","text":"Enmore Regional Hospital in Guyana has adopted an AI medical imaging diagnosis system to read X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds. Minister Frank Anthony said the AI-assisted radiology tool flags within 14 seconds whether a scan is normal or shows a pathology, producing a preliminary reading radiologists then confirm.","date":"2025-12-11","source":"https://inewsguyana.com/ai-being-utilised-at-enmore-regional-hospital-to-interpret-medical-images/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Guyana","role":"Teacher","org":"Ministry of Education","text":"20,368 Grades 10 and 11 learners have joined Guyana's biggest online school under an AI-driven personalised learning in schools initiative, launched 5 December 2025. Educators guide live digital classes backed by a broad e-library, while artificial intelligence shapes lessons to fit each student. Reach now stretches past Guyana into several CARICOM neighbours.","date":"2025-12-05","source":"https://education.gov.gy/en/index.php/media2/news-events/9843-historic-guyana-digital-school-launched-marking-largest-online-learning-initiative"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Retail & Consumer","region":"Guyana","role":"Retail staff","org":"Silvie's Industrial Solutions","text":"Ten seconds is now the wait for an industrial parts match at Silvie's Industrial Solutions, thanks to its new AI-powered product selection agent, Silvie AI. Customers scan a code and the multilingual system replies 24/7, while managers gain visibility into buying trends that let seasoned staff shift away from routine searches toward higher-value client work. The launch signals wider adoption of AI-driven product search across Guyana's industrial retail sector.","date":"2025-09-29","source":"https://inewsguyana.com/silvies-unveils-ai-agent-to-transform-retail-efficiency-in-guyana/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Guyana","role":"Pharmacist","org":"Government of Guyana / Ministry of Health","text":"Cutting drug spoilage and lifting region-wide efficiency: that's the goal behind Guyana's Materials Management Unit adopting AI-driven automation for medical supply chain management from the first quarter of 2026, handling AI-driven pharmaceutical distribution nationwide. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali tied the plan to broader AI technologies goals for the country's healthcare system.","date":"2025-09-29","source":"https://op.gov.gy/ai-healthcare-system-to-improve-efficiency-enhance-delivery-of-services-and-supply-president-ali/"}]}