{"name":"Applied AI in Nicaragua — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Nicaragua, 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/nicaragua","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-09-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Nicaragua","slug":"nicaragua","iso2":"NI","region":"Latin America & Caribbean"},"counts":{"entries":3,"deployments":2,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":0,"industries":2,"countries":1,"linked":3},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Nicaragua","role":"Radiologists and pathologists","org":"Centro Oncológico Nacional Dr. Juan Ignacio Gutiérrez Sacasa (Ministerio de Salud, Nicaragua)","text":"Nicaragua's Government will bring AI-assisted cancer diagnosis to Managua's National Oncology Centre once its second building phase completes on 31 July 2026. New imaging and pathology machines will carry built-in artificial intelligence, sharpening readings of X-rays and tissue samples. The move forms part of a wider push to strengthen public healthcare through AI diagnostic tools in oncology.","date":"2026-06-24","source":"https://canal2tv.com/nacionales/centro-oncologia-ia-tecnologia/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nicaragua","org":"Centro Nacional de Innovación y Tecnología Francisco El Chele Moreno (CI Nicaragua) / INATEC","text":"CI Nicaragua, INATEC's Centro Nacional de Innovación y Tecnología Francisco El Chele Moreno, certified 110 public servants from MARENA and INPESCA in AI productivity tools after a six-week course. Staff practised using large language models and AI-integrated project management platforms to automate administrative work and improve service delivery. The course in AI-enabled work tools supports a state digital-skills drive to modernise public services.","date":"2026-05-06","source":"https://www.tecnacional.edu.ni/noticias/ci-nicaragua-certifica-110-protagonistas-en-herramientas-de-ia-para-fortalecer-la-productividad-institucional/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Nicaragua","role":"Medical geneticist","org":"Nicaragua Ministry of Health","text":"Central America's first public genetics facility opened on 28 January 2026 when Nicaragua's Ministry of Health inaugurated the National Genetics Centre \"Blanca Segovia Sandino Aráuz\" in Managua. Its opening phase runs on AI microscope genetic diagnosis, pairing a high-resolution microscope with embedded artificial intelligence to speed up karyotyping and spot chromosomal disorders and leukaemia locally, cases that once meant travelling abroad for care. Officials plan to broaden services later toward molecular biology and biochemical genetics, extending beyond this initial AI-assisted genomic analysis capability.","date":"2026-01-29","source":"https://spanish.xinhuanet.com/20260129/3a592b56259f4948931a6dbcca385918/c.html"}]}