{"name":"Applied AI in Libya — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Libya, 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/libya","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":"Libya","slug":"libya","iso2":"LY","region":"Middle East & North Africa"},"counts":{"entries":10,"deployments":4,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":4,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":10},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","org":"Office of the Minister of State for Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence","text":"Out of 4193 hopefuls, 155 young Libyans won places in an AI skills training scheme by Samsung Innovation Campus and Libya's Office of the Minister of State for Digital Economy and AI. Winners finish programming and AI instruction, then earn Samsung certification.","date":"2026-08-12","source":"https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/samsung-innovation-campus-programme-launched-to-develop-youth-skills-qualify-them-in-fields-of-artificial-intelligence"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","org":"Government of National Unity (Libya)","text":"Libya's prime minister, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, oversaw adoption of a National Charter for AI Ethics in Tripoli on National Technology Day, together with a national AI strategy for 2026–2030. The government presents this AI ethics charter as a move to regulate AI technologies; the source does not detail its individual provisions.","date":"2026-06-01","source":"https://www.eanlibya.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","org":"Government of National Unity","text":"A new Libya AI policy sets four numeric benchmarks for 2030: 80 percent of government entities running AI solutions, 10000 civil servants trained, 100 AI startups backed, and 50 percent of government transactions automated. Tripoli's Government of National Unity approved these goals through its National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2026-2030, paired with a companion National Charter for AI Ethics. Together the two documents anchor AI adoption in the government sector as the plan's defining ambition.","date":"2026-06-01","source":"https://www.gia.gov.ly/en/2026/06/02/libya-adopts-the-ethical-charter-and-artificial-intelligence-strategy-with-a-2030-vision-and-ambitious-goals/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","role":"Municipal services staff","org":"Municipality of Tripoli Centre","text":"Libya's Municipality of Tripoli Centre is building BaladiyaBOT, an AI civic assistant for municipal services, backed by GIZ and the EU. It will pilot locally before wider rollout as a local government chatbot.","date":"2026-04-19","source":"https://libyaherald.com/2026/04/municipality-of-tripoli-centre-announces-the-start-of-the-development-of-baladiyabot/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Libya","role":"Directional driller","org":"Sirte Oil Company (Libya)","text":"Sirte Oil Company doubled its rate of penetration over earlier Al-Khair field rates with Libya's first AI directional drilling, working with SLB, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) says. An AI reservoir advisor read petrophysical logs live; paired with a drilling advisor, it drove automated drilling and geosteering, keeping the well within the target layer.","date":"2026-03","source":"https://attaqa.net/2026/03/27/%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A6%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","role":"Government auditor","org":"Libyan Audit Bureau","text":"Libya's Audit Bureau has rolled out an AI assistant for government audit staff called DewanBot, built in-house by its own IT office. The tool helps employees draft official reports and correspondence while cutting the time needed to locate information, forming part of a wider digital transformation push within the Bureau. This AI-assisted auditing deployment reflects a broader adoption of modern government technology tools.","date":"2026-02-10","source":"https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?id=350801&lang=ar"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","org":"General Authority for Communications and Informatics","text":"Libya's General Authority for Communications and Informatics opened a year-long AI training for engineers and technicians, run with the Indian Embassy through the ITEC programme. Trainees take quantum computing and artificial intelligence upskilling at specialised centres in India.","date":"2026-01","source":"https://libyaherald.com/2026/02/libyan-indian-cooperation-to-qualify-national-cadres-in-quantum-computing-and-artificial-intelligence"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","org":"Cabinet of Ministers of the Government of National Unity","text":"Libya's Cabinet of Ministers created the National Programme for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation under Decision No. 40 of 2025, dated 28 February, tasking it with AI in public administration. The new body stands as its own legal entity with a separate budget, sitting inside the Government Communication Centre and reporting to the Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs. Its brief: speed up public-sector workflows, grow state digital skills, shape AI rules, and push big-data analytics into how government decisions get made — reflecting broader government AI policy goals.","date":"2025-02-28","source":"https://lawsociety.ly/legislation/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-40-%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-2025-%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"HR & People","region":"Libya","role":"HR professionals","org":"National Oil Corporation of Libya","text":"National Oil Corporation now filters CVs and job applications through Connect, an AI recruitment automation platform covering its Libya workforce. Employees receive individually matched training suggestions while the tool separately tracks performance outcomes. NOC's HR division co-developed this AI-driven HR platform alongside Med Oil Istanbul.","date":"2025-01-06","source":"https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?id=323379&lang=ar"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Libya","org":"General Authority for Communications and Informatics","text":"Libya has a National Artificial Intelligence Policy from the Communications and Informatics Authority, tied to World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, slogan 'Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development'. This Libya AI policy backs ethical AI across government: ethics rules, transparency standards, infrastructure, local skills. Part of a national AI strategy.","date":"2024-05-17","source":"https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?id=307543&lang=en"}]}