The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

Given the need to reinforce HPC capacities and adapt to generative AI developments, and building on consultation with representatives from industry and academia, Spain released an updated national AI strategy in May 2024.

The objective of this Strategy is to generate an environment of trust regarding the development of an inclusive and sustainable Artificial Intelligence (AI), placing citizens at its heart. The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, as stated by the Spanish prime minister S¡nchez, "seeks to place our country in the line of the leading countries in the research and use of a reliable Artificial Intelligence at the service of economic and social development, at the service of our development.

Incubator focused on AI-based solutions for public sector organizations, with a focus on use cases involving generative AI. Although no public announcement had been issued at the time of writing, Spanish authorities report having received more than 300 requests from ministries. A prioritization protocol and development guidelines for the use cases are being developed.

The program grants 374 training scholarships lasting four years in the field of AI and related areas such as massive data and information processing technologies; high performance computing; cloud computing; cybersecurity; biotech, medical devices, medical imaging; robotics or quantum technologies.

Three ENIA chairs focus on AI and agriculture/rural development: University of Murcia, University of Cordoba, University of Oviedo. Two of the ENIA chairs focus on the intersection between AI and climate and the environment: Sustainability and Decarbonised society (Polytechnic University of Catalunya) and Green Algorithms (University of La Coruña).