{"name":"Applied AI in Palau — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Palau, 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/palau","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-15","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Palau","slug":"palau","iso2":"PW","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":3,"deployments":2,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":0,"regulation":1,"industries":2,"countries":1,"linked":3},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palau","role":"Compliance officer","org":"Republic of Palau Social Security Administration (ROPSSA)","text":"Carnegie Mellon University consultants helped build an AI compliance tool now running at the Republic of Palau Social Security Administration (ROPSSA) and its Health Care Fund. Large language models paired with retrieval-augmented generation speed up drafting and let staff verify adherence to the Palau National Code. Paper-bound guidance is now a searchable web resource, an early case of AI regulatory compliance automation in a Pacific island government agency.","date":"2025-08-01","source":"https://www.tcingc.org/single-post/modernizing-manuals-and-enabling-ai-powered-compliance"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palau","org":"Supreme Court of Palau","text":"The Supreme Court of Palau adopted a Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Courts, opening AI in the courts to lawyers, judges, court staff and self-represented litigants for legal research and writing, citing efficiency and access to justice. AI use carries accountability for accuracy and legality; an AI-generated error excuses no misleading or defective submission. Confidential communications and personal and health information are protected, and judicial decisions stay with judges.","date":"2025-02","source":"https://dig.watch/countries/palau"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Palau","role":"Doctor","org":"Belau National Hospital","text":"VeriSee DR, AI software screening for diabetic retinopathy, now runs at Palau's Belau National Hospital via a joint venture with Taiwan's Shin Kong Hospital. Their Taiwan-Palau Smart Hospital Project adds remote pathology review and secure cross-border imaging transfer. Pacific hospitals increasingly use AI-assisted diabetic eye screening where specialist access is scarce.","date":"2025-01-16","source":"https://islandtimes.org/taiwan-palau-smart-hospital-project-enhances-healthcare-with-ai-driven-solutions/"}]}