{"name":"Applied AI in Montenegro — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Montenegro, 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/montenegro","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":"Montenegro","slug":"montenegro","iso2":"ME","region":"Europe"},"counts":{"entries":8,"deployments":6,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":1,"industries":2,"countries":1,"linked":8},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Montenegro","role":"Pathologists","org":"Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG)","text":"The Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG) and IT Advanced Services (ITAS) built PathAI with a nearly 193,400-euro Innovation Fund of Montenegro grant, applying AI in pathology to digitised slides and helping pathologists recognise tumour tissue. PathAI's two-stage architecture detects tumours, then segments multi-class tissue; AI-assisted histopathology validation began with colorectal adenocarcinoma.","date":"2026-09-10","source":"https://radiotitograd.me/titogradske-vijesti/kccg-i-itas-razvili-pathai-vjestacka-inteligencija-kao-podrska-patolozima-u-dijagnostici-tumora/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Montenegro","role":"Pathologists","org":"Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG) and IT Advanced Services (ITAS)","text":"Montenegro clinicians now get machine backup for spotting cancer in tissue slides: KCCG teamed with ITAS to build PathAI, software applying AI tumour diagnosis pathology to digitised histopathological samples. Nearly 200,000 euros from the Innovation Fund of Montenegro funded the pilot phase, aimed at colorectal adenocarcinoma. Final calls stay human — pathologists, not the cancer diagnosis software, make the diagnosis.","date":"2026-09-10","source":"https://mnemagazin.me/2026/09/10/kccg-i-itas-razvili-pathai-vjestacka-inteligencija-kao-podrska-patolozima-u-dijagnostici-tumora/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Montenegro","org":"Human Resources Management Authority of Montenegro","text":"Montenegro's Human Resources Management Authority and the Regional School of Public Administration opened Next Gen Gov: three-month, full-time AI training for civil servants that spans data analytics, programming and UI/UX design. Prime Minister Milojko Spajić wants the civil service AI upskilling to equip officials to lead digital transformation and apply AI responsibly.","date":"2026-09-04","source":"https://www.gov.me/en/article/new-generation-of-leaders-for-a-more-modern-public-administration-in-montenegro"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Montenegro","role":"Military command staff","org":"Armed Forces of Montenegro","text":"Digital Adjutant, a new AI system for military command staff, was built in-house by Montenegro's Armed Forces for information analysis, legal drafting and document preparation. Minister Dragan Krapović said military IT specialists created it to ease administrative workload and free personnel for harder duties. Defence officials called it a domestic AI capability for national defence, keeping sensitive data under full digital sovereignty instead of foreign systems.","date":"2026-08-31","source":"https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/society/824521/The-Montenegrin-Army-has-developed-its-own-artificial-intelligence-system--the-Digital-Adjutant."},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Montenegro","org":"Ministry of Public Administration of Montenegro","text":"Montenegro AI policy advanced on 27 May 2026 when a Working Group under the Ministry of Public Administration, aided by UNDP, held its fifth meeting to pore over the strategy's initial blueprint for 2026-2030. Participants debated ambitions at both strategic and operational levels, plus yardsticks for gauging success. Attention centred on building digital infrastructure, sharpening skills, and shaping regulatory frameworks — pillars of the emerging national AI framework.","date":"2026-05-27","source":"https://www.gov.me/clanak/odrzana-peta-sjednica-radne-grupe-za-izradu-strategije-vjestacke-inteligencije-crne-gore-za-period-2026-2030"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Montenegro","role":"Civil servants and public administration staff","org":"Ministry of Public Administration of Montenegro","text":"Montenegro's Ministry of Public Administration has rolled out an AI chatbot for public services, live on the Government and eUprava portals, sparing citizens paperwork to find information. Minister Maraš Dukaj called round-the-clock, 24/7 access the key benefit of this AI-powered government assistant. Still in early pilot stage, it will gain new capabilities as feedback arrives.","date":"2026-04-28","source":"https://www.portalanalitika.me/clanak/informacije-dostupne-odmah-bez-cekanja-i-administrativnih-prepreka-mju-predstavilo-chatbot-na-portalima-vlade-i-euprave"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Montenegro","role":"Judges and court staff","org":"Supreme Court of Montenegro and Judicial Council","text":"Montenegro's Supreme Court and Judicial Council have rolled out an AI case law system built in-house by the Council's ICT department. It gives judges intelligent search across rulings plus an AI chatbot, unveiled at the Supreme Court on 8 April 2026, functioning as an AI-powered judicial search platform for the courts. A trial is under way at the Commercial Court, with a wider rollout planned across all Montenegrin courts.","date":"2026-03-20","source":"https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/society/801047/Montenegrin-judiciary-launches-first-AI-system-for-case-law"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Montenegro","role":"Civil servant","org":"Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property of Montenegro","text":"Maša, an AI chatbot for construction permits and building legalisation, has gone live in Montenegro under the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property. Hosted on two fresh sites, legalizuj.me and gradjevinskadozvola.me, the tool walks residents through legalising unpermitted structures and lets investors apply for permits without visiting an office. Officials call it among the earliest rollouts of an AI assistant in public services across the Montenegrin government, with Minister Slaven Radunović pointing to lighter staff loads and faster real-time answers for the public.","date":"2025-09-17","source":"https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/economy-d/775075/Ministry-of-Spatial-Planning-legalization-with-the-help-of-new-portals-and-chatbots-for-the-masses"}]}