{"name":"Applied AI in Slovenia — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Slovenia, 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/slovenia","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":"Slovenia","slug":"slovenia","iso2":"SI","region":"Europe"},"counts":{"entries":13,"deployments":4,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":7,"industries":4,"countries":1,"linked":13},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Technology & Software","region":"Slovenia","org":"DOBA Business School","text":"Slovenia tops the AI maturity index among Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, scoring 50.85 out of 100 in DOBA's DAIMI 2026 survey - nearest of the three to the 'integrated' benchmark. Firms were surveyed between March and May 2026 across five dimensions: strategy, governance, workforce skills, deployment and business impact. Even progress on all fronts drives this AI adoption readiness lead, rather than strength in one area.","date":"2026-08-04","source":"https://www.en.doba.si/doba-ai-maturity-index"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Government of Slovenia / AKOS","text":"AKOS now enforces AI transparency rules in Slovenia under Article 50 of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. Providers and deployers of AI systems that interact with people, or generate synthetic content, must flag the AI's involvement or the output's artificial origin. AKOS, Slovenia's Communications Networks and Services Agency, is also the country's AI Act disclosure obligations contact point.","date":"2026-08-02","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2026-08-03-zacela-so-se-uporabljati-pravila-o-preglednosti-sistemov-umetne-inteligence/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Government of the Republic of Slovenia","text":"A newly formed AI ethics council, the National Council for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, now has its full roster of members named by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, acting under authority granted by the ZIUDHPUI law. This independent panel of specialists will judge how artificial intelligence affects society, democracy and ethics, offering guidance to shape responsible public-sector adoption. Beyond issuing formal advice, the body carries a mandate to weigh the legal, environmental and social consequences of AI tools in use, functioning effectively as an ethical AI oversight body for the state.","date":"2026-05-21","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2026-05-29-ustanovljen-nacionalni-svet-za-etiko-v-umetni-inteligenci/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Upravna akademija (Administrative Academy) of the Ministry of Public Administration","text":"Over 40,000 civil servants in Slovenia completed AI training for civil servants under a scheme run by the Administrative Academy within the Ministry of Public Administration. More than 80 modules spanned generative tools for senior staff alongside routine departmental applications. The Republic of Slovenia and the European Union's NextGenerationEU recovery mechanism co-funded the effort, spreading AI literacy among public sector employees.","date":"2026-05-21","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2026-05-21-zakljucna-konferenca-programa-krepitev-digitalnih-znanj-in-spretnosti-javnih-usluzbencev/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","role":"Municipal clerk","org":"Občina Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih goricah (Municipality of Sveta Trojica)","text":"Klara, an AI digital secretary, has fielded calls for Sveta Trojica municipality since 2026. Unveiled by Mayor David Klobasa on Easter Sunday and live from that Friday, the tool grasps what callers want, replies, and auto-drafts written summaries as official records. Council goals cited included speed, order and openness, though human contact, officials insisted, stays central: artificial intelligence for municipal call handling will not replace it.","date":"2026-04-05","source":"https://mariborinfo.com/novica/lokalno/stajerska-obcina-dobiva-novo-tajnico-klara-ni-obicajna-sodelavka/345073"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Ministry of Digital Transformation","text":"Slovenia's Ministry of Digital Transformation has adopted the Guidelines for the Development, Introduction and Use of Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration, a framework meant to steer government bodies toward deploying AI in public administration safely, ethically and effectively when serving citizens and businesses. Rather than binding rules, officials describe it as offering practical grounding for weaving automated systems into routine state functions — part of a broader push toward artificial intelligence in government services. Two attached annexes fill in specifics: guidance for staff on handling publicly available generative tools, plus an exit plan for cloud providers spelling out mandatory security benchmarks.","date":"2026-03-17","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2026-03-17-ministrstvo-za-digitalno-preobrazbo-sprejelo-smernice-za-podatke-in-umetno-inteligenco/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Slovenia","role":"Bank employees","org":"NLB (Nova Ljubljanska Banka)","text":"NLB, Slovenia's largest banking group, built an enterprise Agentic AI platform with Adastra, launching its first AI use case within five months. NLB applies AI in banking to high-volume documents, credit and compliance fact-gathering, and employee decision-making. Centralised governance, role-based access and cost controls cover bank-wide AI agents.","date":"2026-03-17","source":"https://adastracorp.com/success-stories/nlb-scales-ai-agents-with-enterprise-agentic-ai-platform/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Government of the Republic of Slovenia","text":"Five pillars anchor the national AI strategy of Slovenia, set by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia as NsUI 2030 on 5 March 2026 for the period to 2030: sovereign, trustworthy AI; broader uptake across business and government; domestic AI skills and ecosystem growth; defence and security uses; and stronger global ties. This Slovenia AI policy supersedes the earlier National Programme for AI by 2025.","date":"2026-03-05","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2026-03-05-vlada-sprejela-nacionalno-strategijo-umetne-inteligence-do-2030-za-suvereno-in-zaupanja-vredno-ui/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Informacijski pooblaščenec (Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia)","text":"Slovenia's Information Commissioner issued guidance on responsible AI use in government, covering when personal data may enter AI tools and when an individual counts as non-identifiable. It requires AI answers to be verified and confirms decisions stay with a human official, tying safe AI adoption in the public sector to data protection rather than the tools themselves.","date":"2026-03-03","source":"https://www.sviz.si/varna-in-odgovorna-uporaba-umetne-inteligence-pri-delu/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (Državni zbor RS)","text":"Slovenia's National Assembly adopted the Act on Implementation of the EU AI Act (ZIUDHPUI), the country's Slovenia AI regulation for artificial intelligence oversight. It names authorities to supervise AI systems, sets up a National Council for Ethics in AI, and requires regulatory sandboxes, building the nation's AI governance framework.","date":"2025-10-23","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2025-10-24-slovenija-med-vodilnimi-pri-uvajanju-evropske-uredbe-o-umetni-inteligenci/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","org":"Državni zbor Republike Slovenije (National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia)","text":"Slovenia's National Assembly passed ZIUDHPUI, the Act on the Implementation of the EU Regulation on Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence, Slovenia AI regulation naming enforcement bodies: AKOS, the Information Commissioner, the Bank of Slovenia, the Insurance Supervision Agency, the Market Inspectorate, and new notification bodies. It also creates a National Council for Ethics in AI with power over fines and penalties, part of Slovenia's harmonised AI rules oversight. Signed 31 October 2025, in the Official Gazette 6 November 2025, binding 21 November 2025.","date":"2025-10-23","source":"https://www.uradni-list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-rs/vsebina/2025-01-3035"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Slovenia","role":"Tax officer","org":"Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (Finančna uprava RS)","text":"Slovenia's FURS built an AI chatbot for tax information. It covers VAT and fiscal cash registers, reachable 24/7 as a generative AI tax assistant.","date":"2025-05-08","source":"https://www.gov.si/novice/2025-05-08-uporabite-ddv-klepetalnik-financne-uprave/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Transport & Logistics","region":"Slovenia","role":"Contact centre agent","org":"Pošta Slovenije","text":"Pošta Slovenije embedded PIA (Poštna Interaktivna Asistentka), an AI voice assistant for customer service, in its contact centre. Tuned for local speech, the large language model covers 12 Slovenian dialects, fields roughly 51 percent of calls, resolves 45 percent solo, and speeds replies by about 80 percent—figures from the operator itself, not independently checked, for this AI-powered contact centre assistant.","date":"2025-02-10","source":"https://www.ipc.be/news-portal/general-news/2025/02/18/16/17/posta-slovenije-ai"}]}