BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17. A robust digital
public infrastructure is the inspiration for the event of
synthetic intelligence, and Azerbaijan has made vital
progress on this course over the previous 5 years, Sameddin
Asadov, Deputy Minister of Digital Improvement and Transport of
Azerbaijan, stated through the 14th Personal Sector Discussion board of the
Islamic Improvement Financial institution Group, Pattern’s correspondent stories from the
occasion.
“The query is now not whether or not international locations ought to implement
synthetic intelligence, however learn how to do it virtually, inclusively,
safely, and with financial advantages. In Azerbaijan, synthetic
intelligence is considered as an integral a part of digital
transformation and the transition to an financial system based mostly on information
and innovation. This course is anchored within the Idea of
Digital Improvement, the Technique on Synthetic Intelligence for
2025–2028, and the Motion Plan for Accelerating Digital Improvement
for 2026–2028. The inspiration of synthetic intelligence
growth is a robust digital public infrastructure. Over the
previous 5 years, Azerbaijan has made actual progress on this
course. The mygov cellular platform gives residents and
companies with tons of of presidency digital companies via a
single software,” he stated.
Asadov introduced that the SİMA digital identification and
digital signature platform is already utilized by greater than half of
Azerbaijan’s inhabitants in each the private and non-private sectors.
“Inside the On-line Azerbaijan venture, broadband web has
been deployed throughout the complete territory of the nation.
Azerbaijan turned one of many first international locations within the area to
utterly abandon copper infrastructure, and the primary nation in
the area the place broadband connectivity is offered to each
family and residential settlement. These platforms kind the
bedrock for the additional implementation of synthetic intelligence.
AI brings actual worth solely when it depends on dependable information, safe
digital identification, suitable techniques, and citizen-oriented
companies,” the deputy minister famous.
Asadov said that concrete steps are being taken within the nation
to develop the nationwide synthetic intelligence ecosystem,
together with the creation of the Nationwide AI Middle, the growth of
AI companies within the public sector, and the launch of a regulatory
sandbox for synthetic intelligence.
In response to the deputy minister, the objective of those initiatives
is to construct nationwide capability within the implementation and accountable
use of synthetic intelligence.
