{"name":"Applied AI in Saint Lucia — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Saint Lucia, 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/saint-lucia","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":"Saint Lucia","slug":"saint-lucia","iso2":"LC","region":"Latin America & Caribbean"},"counts":{"entries":6,"deployments":3,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":1,"industries":4,"countries":1,"linked":6},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Saint Lucia","org":"Royal Saint Lucia Police Force","text":"Taiwan hosted Royal Saint Lucia Police Force officers for 2026 workshops on cybercrime prevention, cross-border policing and AI literacy training for law enforcement. Ambassador Nicole Su said the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) partnership has shifted from equipment gifts to artificial intelligence skills-building for officers abroad.","date":"2026-09-02","source":"https://www.saintluciadailypost.com/2026/09/03/taiwan-boosts-rslpf-with-new-technology/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Saint Lucia","role":"Admissions officers","org":"Sir Arthur Lewis Community College","text":"Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) debuted Arthur, an AI chatbot for student applications, for the 2026/2027 intake. Trained from SALCC's site and FAQs on OpenAI-compatible technology, it answers WhatsApp queries on programmes, entry requirements and fees. This AI admissions assistant cuts staff's routine manual replies.","date":"2026-02-16","source":"http://www.salcc.edu.lc/news/salcc-launches-ai-chatbot.php"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Saint Lucia","org":"Government of Saint Lucia","text":"AI training public sector staff in Saint Lucia sampled Recraft.ai, Pixverse.ai and ClipChamp at a Taiwanese Embassy workshop pairing image processing with generative software. College, school and government delegates practised directly rather than just watching demonstrations. Each left equipped to coach colleagues on using these tools for lessons, paperwork and promotion.","date":"2025-10-17","source":"https://www.govt.lc/news/salcc-receives-artificial-intelligence-and-image-processing-training"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Marketing & Creative","region":"Saint Lucia","role":"Tourism marketing professionals","org":"Saint Lucia Tourism Authority","text":"Saint Lucia Tourism Authority now runs AI tourism marketing to counter an 18% slide in UK arrivals after Virgin Atlantic and Tui axed their routes. Software sorts prospective travellers into segments such as wellness, heritage, adventure and honeymoon seekers, feeding tailored campaigns to each group. The push reflects an AI-driven visitor profiling effort aimed at rebuilding lost UK demand.","date":"2025-09","source":"https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/saint-lucia-harnesses-ai-tools-after-18-fall-in-uk-visitors"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Saint Lucia","role":"Government budget analyst","org":"Government of Saint Lucia Department of Finance","text":"Saint Lucia's Government has retired the old SmartStream system, switching on InfoCloud Suite for AI analytics in public finance. The Accountant General's Department now handles quicker vendor payouts, automated HR workflows and tighter budget tracking via the cloud-based tool. Staff are training on fresh AI-powered financial reporting capabilities as deployment continues.","date":"2025-04-14","source":"https://www.govt.lc/news/government-launches-infocloud-suite"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Saint Lucia","org":"Caribbean Court of Justice","text":"Binding guidance on generative AI in court proceedings now covers lawyers, litigants, witnesses and unrepresented parties throughout the region, under Practice Direction No. 1 of 2025 from the Caribbean Court of Justice. Saint Lucia falls under this GenAI regime too, since it belongs to CARICOM and sits within the CCJ's appellate reach. Instead of a single-country rule, this judicial AI regulation stretches across the wider Caribbean bench.","date":"2025-02-14","source":"https://dev.ccj.org/ccj-issues-new-practice-direction/"}]}