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The record holds 12 entries from Honduras, across 5 industries, led by Government & Public Sector, then Healthcare & Life Sciences. Last updated 29 Oct 2026.

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Government & Public Sector

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DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorHonduras18 Aug 2026

Tegucigalpa launches Honduras's first municipal AI agent on WhatsApp

Alcaldía Municipal del Distrito Central — Tegucigalpa's city hall has launched MDC en tus Manos, a WhatsApp assistant it bills as Honduras's first municipal AI agent. Residents photograph and locate damaged signage, blocked drains, water leaks or potholes; the agent classifies and routes each report to the right department in under a minute and answers refuse-collection and water-distribution schedule queries. Built by the Alcaldía Municipal del Distrito Central's new AMDC+IA unit with the Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras' AI laboratories, it aims to reinvent bureaucracy, Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya says.

Municipal services officerhondudiario.com
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorHonduras1 Aug 2026

Honduras to add AI facial recognition to 911 emergency system

Government of Honduras (Sistema Nacional de Emergencias 911) — AI facial recognition emergency system upgrades are coming to Honduras's Sistema Nacional de Emergencias 911 under President Nasry Asfura, adding licence plate identification and vehicle data to sharpen nationwide response speed. Marking the service's tenth year, officials pointed to over 6,900 recovered cameras and faster reaction times, folding AI-driven public-safety surveillance into a decade-old network.

Emergency responderhondudiario.com
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorHonduras14 Jul 2026

AWS and Honduras launch free AI training for 15,000 citizens

Government of Honduras — Amazon Web Services and the Government of Honduras have launched AWS Entrena Honduras, an AI training programme giving 15,000 Hondurans no-cost artificial intelligence and cloud computing lessons. Sponsors also include the Central District Mayor's Office, the US Embassy and Grupo Financiero Atlántida, with distinct routes suited to ordinary learners, students and entrepreneurs from age 18. Finishers walk away holding a digital credential issued by AWS.

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Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorHonduras31 Oct 2025

Honduras ranks third-worst in Latin America in ILIA 2025 AI index

ILIA (Latin American AI Index) / CEPAL — AI adoption in Honduras scored 27.39 of 100 on the 2025 Latin American AI Index (ILIA) — 17th of 19 nations, third-last, ahead only of Bolivia and Venezuela. CEPAL and Chile's CENIA built the ranking and called Honduras a 'moderate adopter' despite wide gaps in connectivity, data centres and policymaking. Its score for governance of artificial intelligence, the vision and institutional capacity category, was zero.

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DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorHonduras25 Jan 2025

Honduras launches MARIA chatbot for gender violence victims

Secretaría de Seguridad de Honduras (Security Ministry) — Honduras' Security Ministry unveiled MARIA (Módulo de Asistencia y Respuesta de Información Automatizada), an AI chatbot for gender-based violence support that also serves as a confidential virtual assistant for victims, free for women and girls, 24 hours a day, via WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, no app needed. It privately answers questions on domestic violence, harassment and trafficking and walks victims through filing a complaint. UNDP and USAID helped build it.

Citizen support officerlaprensa.hn

Healthcare & Life Sciences

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Evidence of impactHealthcare & Life SciencesHonduras15 Jul 2026

AI sepsis detection trial at Hospital Escuela achieves 98% sensitivity

Hospital Escuela de Tegucigalpa — Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa reported 98% sensitivity for an AI sepsis detection system tested in 2026 on 100 emergency patients. The tool paired natural language processing with a wearable biosensor bracelet, reaching an F1-score of 0.848 and kappa=0.847 against clinical diagnosis. Researchers said AI-based early sepsis screening should support triage decisions, not replace clinical judgement.

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DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesHonduras26 Feb 2025

Hospital Materno Infantil acquires AI-powered CT scanner

Hospital Materno Infantil — Hospital Materno Infantil in Tegucigalpa bought an AI-powered CT scanner for 17 million lempiras, among the most advanced AI imaging machines in Honduras's public health system. The Aquillon Serve unit's built-in AI flags lung nodules, runs brain spectral scans, and digitally subtracts images for cerebral circulation studies. It also helps identify cancerous tumours and measure their size.

Radiologistlaprensa.hn

Media, Telecom & Entertainment

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DeploymentMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentHonduras31 Dec 2025

Grupo OPSA launches Chekeabot AI chatbot to fight election disinformation

Grupo OPSA — An AI chatbot for election disinformation, Chekeabot, went live from Grupo OPSA's EH Verifica and LA PRENSA Verifica, resolving voter queries on ballot procedures during Honduras's 2025 elections. Staff wrote and vetted every answer rather than letting the system run unchecked. This reflects the group's push toward AI-assisted fact-checking alongside standard newsroom practice.

Journalists and fact-checkerselheraldo.hn
DeploymentMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentHonduras21 Jul 2025

Grupo OPSA deploys MarIA AI editor across its Honduran newsrooms

Grupo OPSA — MarIA (Módulo Autónomo de Revisión con Inteligencia Artificial) handles daily editing, proofreading and SEO at Grupo OPSA's EL HERALDO and La Prensa, a case of AI in journalism in Honduras. Honduran staff built it via WAN-IFRA's LATAM Newsroom AI Catalyst scheme, using each outlet's style rules. WAN-IFRA later ranked the group among Latin America's four most inventive media firms for this newsroom AI push.

Journalists and editorselheraldo.hn

Transport & Logistics

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DeploymentTransport & LogisticsHonduras19 Dec 2025

Prosegur Cash deploys AI and Big Data for cash logistics in Honduras

Prosegur Cash — AI cash logistics cut ATM paperwork 70% for Prosegur Cash in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, via optical character recognition, Big Data and AI models, erasing transcription errors. Francisco Galeano, Honduras and Nicaragua, reported operational metrics up 17%, security metrics up 11%.

Cash logistics operatorscontextohn.com
DeploymentTransport & LogisticsHonduras8 May 2025

Suministros & Alimentos uses AI to forecast demand across Central America

Suministros & Alimentos — Suministros & Alimentos now relies on ToolsGroup's platform for AI demand forecasting in food logistics, doing live shipment tracking and stock tuning across Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Franchise clients such as McDonald's benefit from the setup, unveiled at Gartner's Supply Chain Symposium as a case study.

Supply chain plannersimagenacion.com

Business Operations

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Evidence of adoptionBusiness OperationsHonduras21 Sep 2026

AI use reaches 14.5% of Honduras's working-age population, Microsoft finds

Microsoft AI Economy Institute (Global AI Diffusion Report Q2 2026) — AI adoption in Honduras reached 14.5% of 15-to-64-year-olds by June 2026, 0.5 points above 14.0% 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.

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  • Evidence of adoptionAI use reaches 14.5% of Honduras's working-age population, Microsoft findsBusiness Operations21 Sep 2026microsoft.com
  • DeploymentTegucigalpa launches Honduras's first municipal AI agent on WhatsAppGovernment & Public Sector18 Aug 2026hondudiario.com
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