{"name":"Applied AI in Turkmenistan — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Turkmenistan, 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/turkmenistan","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":"Turkmenistan","slug":"turkmenistan","iso2":"TM","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":8,"deployments":4,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":3,"regulation":1,"industries":4,"countries":1,"linked":8},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Turkmenistan","role":"University lecturer","org":"Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan","text":"Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan has phased in its home-built Electronic University platform since September, adding AI academic analytics. Some 4,700 undergraduates, 200 master's students, more than 250 teachers and researchers and about 30 administrators share one system, with staff logging attendance and marks digitally. The learning analytics pinpoint subjects where students struggle and need extra help.","date":"2026-10-01","source":"https://arzuw.news/en/turkmenistan-launches-electronic-university-platform-with-ai"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Turkmenistan","org":"Government of Turkmenistan","text":"UNAPCICT/ESCAP, the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development, ran 'AI Essentials for Policymakers and Civil Servants', a two-day executive programme, in Ashgabat on 7-8 July. This AI training for civil servants gave senior officials governance, strategic oversight and risk-management skills for responsible AI across government and industry. Such public-sector AI upskilling comes while Turkmenistan works on its National AI Strategy.","date":"2026-07","source":"https://www.unapcict.org/events/ai-essentials-policymakers-and-civil-servants-training"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Turkmenistan","role":"Petroleum engineer","org":"Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries (TCOR)","text":"Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries has finished modernising, adding automated production management, live SCADA monitoring, ERP platforms and AI in oilfield operations through Smart Fields and Smart Wells, which interpret geological data to lift well performance. Seydi Oil Refinery has added digital monitoring for predictive maintenance. Turkmengeologia State Corporation reports both operational, with AI-driven well optimisation cutting costs and improving resource management.","date":"2026-06","source":"https://www.newscentralasia.net/2026/06/27/turkmenistan-advances-digitalization-and-ai-in-oil-and-gas-sector/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Turkmenistan","role":"Customs declarant","org":"State Customs Service of Turkmenistan","text":"AI in customs and trade compliance is now live on Turkmenistan's Single Window for Export-Import Operations portal, where the State Customs Service added an assistant handling several administrative tasks at once. It works out HS commodity codes, warns which permits are needed, and gives instant duty-rate estimates, all in Turkmen, Russian or English. Built with UNCTAD backing, this AI-powered trade portal aims to speed up cross-border processing.","date":"2026-06-01","source":"https://www.customs.gov.tm/en/news/1086"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Turkmenistan","org":"Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan","text":"Turkmenistan AI strategy groundwork is underway, led by the Ministry of Communications with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assistance toward a national artificial intelligence policy. A reviewed draft fixed priority directions under the State Program for the Development of the Digital Economy for 2026-2028. Farming, transport, schooling and medicine sit within scope, adoption still pending.","date":"2026-05-20","source":"https://www.hronikatm.com/2026/05/proon-pomogaet-turkmenistanu-v-razrabotke-naczionalnoj-strategii-v-oblasti-ii/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Turkmenistan","role":"Radiologist","org":"UNDP Turkmenistan","text":"AI-powered tuberculosis screening is now running nationwide in Turkmenistan, rolled out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with Global Fund funding. CAD4TB software reads X-rays in seconds at central and velayat hospitals, and each portable unit manages roughly 400 exams per charge on solar or battery power. This tuberculosis detection using AI reaches remote regions beyond fixed clinics.","date":"2025-12","source":"https://turkmenportal.com/en/news/97647-undp-implements-artificial-intelligence-technology-for-x-ray-analysis-to-expand-tuberculosis-screening-in-turkmenistan"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Turkmenistan","org":"Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan","text":"UNDP, Turkmenistan's Ministry of Communications and the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan trained 80 officers, IT specialists and university staff in AI in public administration, under the title Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Administration. Estonia's E-Governance Academy supplied instructors; the wider push has now reached 120 trainees. Backers link this digital governance training for civil servants to the country's longer digital transformation goals.","date":"2025-12-02","source":"https://www.newscentralasia.net/2025/12/05/undp-strengthens-digital-governance-in-turkmenistan-through-advanced-training-for-civil-servants/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Turkmenistan","org":"Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan","text":"A four-day course paired the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan with UNDP in Ashgabat, briefing officials on AI in government administration. Lessons cast artificial intelligence as fuel for digitalisation, touching its presence in official platforms and its lift to civic growth. Viktor Dostov of RUDN University steered the block on AI in the public sector, walking staff through fresh digital tools.","date":"2025-01-07","source":"https://www.oilgas.gov.tm/en/posts/news/12805/ashgabat-to-consider-application-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-public-sector"}]}