{"name":"Applied AI in Virgin Islands, U.S. — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Virgin Islands, U.S., 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/virgin-islands-u-s","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":"Virgin Islands, U.S.","slug":"virgin-islands-u-s","iso2":"VI","region":"Latin America & Caribbean"},"counts":{"entries":3,"deployments":1,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":0,"regulation":2,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":3},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Virgin Islands, U.S.","org":"University of the Virgin Islands","text":"University of the Virgin Islands' Board of Trustees has unanimously adopted an AI governance policy for higher education, giving faculty, staff and students shared ethical-use guidance. A joint committee from all three groups wrote the rules on AI honesty in coursework, leaving departments a base for their own procedures.","date":"2026-09-02","source":"https://www.uvi.edu/news/2026/26_094_issue.html"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Virgin Islands, U.S.","org":"Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands","text":"The 36th Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands introduced Bill 36-0298 to amend Title 18 of the Virgin Islands Code, setting rules for materially deceptive AI-generated political communications. Election materials containing AI-generated content would need a disclosure. The Committee on Rules and Judiciary received the bill.","date":"2026-06-11","source":"https://billtracking.legvi.org/bill_detail/36823/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Sales & Commercial","region":"Virgin Islands, U.S.","role":"Real estate sales agents","org":"Clearwater USVI Realty and Property Management","text":"Clearwater USVI Realty and Property Management now claims a US Virgin Islands first: 24/7 AI sales agents in real estate, live on its website to greet visitors day and night. Instead of waiting for office hours, buyers chat with the bot, which records their needs and forwards full transcripts so human staff can pick up the conversation. The Christiansted firm paired this always-on client-intake bot with a fresh property app on the Apple Store, extending its reach across the St. Croix market.","date":"2026-03-25","source":"https://www.einpresswire.com/article/901471527/clearwater-usvi-realty-and-property-management-introduces-ai-sales-agents-and-real-estate-app-in-the-virgin-islands"}]}