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Applied AI in Sri Lanka

The record holds 5 entries from Sri Lanka, across 2 industries, led by Government & Public Sector, then Healthcare & Life Sciences. Last updated 14 Sep 2026.

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Government & Public Sector

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DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorSri Lanka8 Nov 2025

Sri Lanka launches first AI-based government service chatbot

Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education (Vocational Education Sector) — Sri Lanka's Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has unveiled the country's first AI government service chatbot, built in-house by the Vocational Education Sector's ICT unit and wired into Hotline Service 1966. Vocational education questions now get answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in Sinhala, Tamil, English and Singlish — an early instance of AI in public service delivery. Harini Amarasuriya opened it at Nipunatha Piyasa, Colombo.

Public information officerskillsmin.gov.lk
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorSri Lanka24 Aug 2025

Sri Lanka begins AI training for thousands of public officials

Government of Sri Lanka (Ministry of Digital Economy, ICTA) — About 1,000 executive officers from ministries across Sri Lanka joined AI training for public officials at Temple Trees, Colombo, run jointly by the Ministry of Digital Economy and the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA). The single large workshop covered generative tools including ChatGPT and Gemini, aiming to lift digital literacy across government ranks.

themorning.lk
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorSri Lanka30 Jul 2025

Sri Lanka to deploy AI voice system at Government Information Centre

Government Information Centre (GIC), Government of Sri Lanka — An AI voice system government pilot is coming to Sri Lanka's Government Information Centre (GIC), automating citizen replies, per Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy. He called it the opening phase of a broader AI-first push, ahead of automating routine state processes for AI-driven citizen information delivery.

Public information officerbiometricupdate.com
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorSri Lanka3 Jun 2025

Sri Lanka CID releases AI-generated images of wanted suspects

Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Sri Lanka Police — Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced AI-generated suspect images of people wanted over a serious Southern Province crime. Its Homicide and Organised Crime Investigation Division built the likenesses from incident footage, using AI facial image generation for police with the Crimes Record Division, then released them for tips.

Police officerlankavnews.com

Healthcare & Life Sciences

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DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesSri Lanka9 Mar 2026

Sri Lanka's National Hospital brings AI-equipped MRI into service

National Hospital of Sri Lanka — The National Hospital of Sri Lanka has added an AI MRI machine to patient care, the first in a government hospital nationwide, the Health Ministry says. Worth more than Rs. 450 million, the AI-equipped scanner serves the Emergency Treatment Unit and Neurosurgery Unit and was introduced under the patronage of Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.

Radiologistnewswire.lk
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    Every entry on this page is a named organisation putting AI to work in a real job, taken from the State of Applied AI record. Each one is traced to the report it came from and dated, and where a figure is the organisation’s own the entry says so rather than presenting it as an independent result. Readiness, ecosystem and policy figures, where shown, are attributed on the card to the body that published them.

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