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/Country
Dominican Republic
46/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 82% of countries
#28 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention46
- Adoption · single source26
- Regulation41
- Problems and attacks29
- Opportunities36
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents14
1 incident in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure73
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 25.8% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards60
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +0.18 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -0.12 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: +0.34 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
68
Exposure to threats
17
as a target 25 · as a cause 9
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: low (33 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 25.3 (as a target) + 50% × 8.5 (as a cause) = 16.9
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)84
Rule of law (0-100 score)57
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)52
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
1
12-24 months ago
/Reported incidents
1 in 24 monthsLow media coverage: few recorded incidents may also mean little press coverage
Mar 2025
Alleged AI-Generated Video by Spain’s People’s Party Results in Diplomatic Fallout with the Dominican Republic (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Spain (partido-popular, people's-party-(spain)) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Dominican Republic rebukes Spanish opposition party over 'vicious' AI video (opens in a new tab) · reuters.com · 7 Mar 2025
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+0.18
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-0.12
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability+0.34
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Artificial Intelligence, Litigation and Criminal Liability: The New Labour Challenges for Companies (opens in a new tab)eldia.com.do · Dominican Republic · 13 Nov 2026
- A Shortage of AI Builders Triggers a Talent Trap in the DR (opens in a new tab)nearshoreamericas.com · Mexico · 12 Nov 2026
- Aleph Group, Inc: OpenAI increases its ChatGPT Ads presence in 44 countries through an exclusive reseller partnership with Aleph (opens in a new tab)finanznachrichten.de · Germany · 12 Nov 2026
- OAS warns of risks of artificial intelligence and political violence for the elections (opens in a new tab)eldia.com.do · Dominican Republic · 12 Nov 2026
- OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads reach to Cyprus in 44-country Aleph deal (opens in a new tab)cyprus-mail.com · Cyprus · 12 Nov 2026
- Questions for a Latin music figure on the Latin Grammys, AI and new music (opens in a new tab)billboard.com · United States · 11 Nov 2026
- Inteligencia artificial y ciberseguridad centran debate sobre el futuro de los negocios en AMCHAMDR Talks (opens in a new tab)hoy.com.do · Dominican Republic · 11 Nov 2026
- Participants at sovereign AI summit outline long-term digital strategies (opens in a new tab)thepeninsulaqatar.com · Qatar · 11 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 29 in total, at most 4 in one day (12 Nov 2026).
29 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 46, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 46, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 46, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 46, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 46, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 insufficient data · 2024 insufficient data · 2025 34 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.