Policies for Italy
AI STRATEGIC PROGRAMME
Strengthening skills and attracting talents to develop an Artificial Intelligence ecosystem in Italy; increasing funding for advanced research in Artificial Intelligence; and
incentivizing the adoption of Artificial Intelligence and its applicati...
AI, BLOCKCHAIN, IOT TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND
From September 2022, companies and research centers can benefit from tax incentives to carry out innovation and research projects related to artificial intelligence, blockchain and internet of things technologies and applications.
BLOCKCHAIN, AI, AND INTERNET OF THINGS FUND
Fund to finance experimentation and testing activities of the above mentioned emerging technologies.
CINECA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE
CINECA is a not-for-profit consortium, made up of the Italian Ministry of Education, the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research, 69 Italian universities and 21 Italian National Institutions.
Corporate Venture Capital Fund for AI start-ups to develop solutions for the public sector
Investment fund backed by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to promote startups investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI. Use of direct and indirect investments to promote the development of all players in the inn...
Fund for the development of AI, blockchain and internet of things (IoT) technologies and applications
A dedicated fund for enterprises, including SMEs. It supports projects involving the
implementation of industrial research and innovation for developing AI, including generative AI, blockchain, and IoT technologies applications.
Future Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) Centre
Research network to address research aspects, methodologies, models, technologies, and ethical and legal rules for building human centric AI systems. It includes four research institutions and 14 universities.
ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR AI
The Italian Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a research and technology transfer structure able to attract first class talents from the international market and, at the same time, become a flagship initiative for the development of Al in Italy...
LEONARDO SUPERCOMPUTER
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and CINECA, the hosting entity of LEONARDO, a new EuroHPC precursor to exascale supercomputers, have announced the company Atos as the awarded vendor for the procurement of LEONAR...
NATIONAL PHD IN AI
The Italian National PhD Program in Artificial Intelligence is made of 5 federated PhD courses that bring together 61 universities and research institutions. The 5 PhD courses share a common basis in the foundations and developments of AI (including ...
Personalised Virtual assistant - National Institute for Social Security (INPS)
Virtual assistant based on Generative AI. The virtual assistant helps users to improve the search experience on the INPS website. Also, in its beta version, the virtual assistant can help users to submit specific questions relating to "Opzione Donna”...
PROPOSALS AND REPORT FOR AN ITALIAN STRATEGY ON AI
Proposals for an Italian strategy for AI have been developed by the Expert Group on artificial intelligence selected by the Ministry of Economic Development and published in July 2020.
SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON 5G
The Program aims at developing the use of emerging technologies within the national territory, by creating centers for research in the cities with an ongoing 5G trial and co-financing projects.
