Spain
attention index
The country in the five views
- Attention49
- Adoption38
- Regulation84
- Problems and attacks40
- Opportunities45
/Why this colour
how it is computedThe state and AI
how it is computedWhy this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 50.4 (as a target) + 50% × 25.3 (as a cause) = 37.9
What protects
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.
Examples
AI tenders (TED)
- Contratación de adquisición de licencia de uso, configuración, implantación, integración y soporte técnico de una solución de asistente virtual para consulta sanitaria basada en inteligencia artificial para "MUTUALIA", Mutua Colaboradora con la Seguridad Social Nº 2 (opens in a new tab)6 Nov 2026 · call for tenders · Dirección Gerencia de Mutualia, Mutua Colaboradora con la Seguridad Social nº 02
- Suministro de una licencia corporativa no nominativa de uso de un software sanitario basado en inteligencia artificial destinado al análisis automatizado de imágenes dermatológicas obtenidas mediante dispositivos móviles y dermatoscopias, para el apoyo a los profesionales sanitarios en la… (opens in a new tab)6 Nov 2026 · call for tenders · Dirección General de Gestión Económica, Contratación e Infraestructuras de la Conselleria de Sanidad
- “SUMINISTRO DE LICENCIAS DE MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT PARA LA IMPLANTACIÓN DE INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL (LOTE 1 BAM 4)”. (opens in a new tab)4 Nov 2026 · contract award · Agencia Digital de Andalucía
- Mantenimiento, soporte y evolución de los sistemas de información de Telemedicina e Inteligencia Artificial (opens in a new tab)4 Nov 2026 · contract award · Dirección General de Telecomunicaciones y Digitalización
- Digitalización a través de Inteligencia Artificial aplicada a la gestión de los servicios municipales del Ilmo. Ayuntamiento de Don Benito. Este proyecto podrá ser cofinanciado por la Unión Europea a través del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) en el marco del Programa Plurirregional de… (opens in a new tab)2 Nov 2026 · call for tenders · Alcaldia del Ayuntamiento de Don Benito
/How the state uses it
how it worksPublic register: it shows how transparent the country is about its systems, not how much it uses them.
Main sectors
Most recent cases
- BRISA: A Cross-Domain AI Foundation Model for Predictive Public Infrastructure Management (opens in a new tab)The responsible public sector organisations for this is is the “Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació” (CTTI) of the Generalitat de Catalunya. · 2026 · in useBRISA is an interoperable Artificial Intelligence solution that helps public administrations move from reactive management to predictive decision-making in energy and environmental policies. Based on a proprietary time-series foundation model trained on more than 11 billion energy, climate…
- Intelligent Automation of Judicial Proceedings through AI and RPA (opens in a new tab)Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts · 2026 · in useThe Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts has developed a comprehensive Smart Automation strategy that combines Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Hyperautomation to transform the management of judicial proceedings and improve the…
- LExIA - AI-assisted regulatory screening for early detection of competition restrictions. (opens in a new tab)Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC): Deputy Directorate for Economic Analysis (Advocacy Department). Technical support: Deputy Directorate for Information Systems and ICT (SSTIC). · 2026 · in useLExIA (“Lectura Experta con IA”) is an AI-based internal solution developed by the CNMC to support early detection of public regulatory restrictions to competition in Spanish official gazettes. It addresses a high-volume, time-sensitive process: thousands of legal texts are published across…
- Madrid Smart Urban Spaces: Interoperable Edge Intelligence for Real-Time Urban Operations (opens in a new tab)Madrid City Council, Spain Digital Office · 2026 · in development or not statedMadrid's Smart Urban Spaces (EUI) are interoperable urban ecosystems that connect infrastructure, digital platforms and public services across Madrid's 21 districts. Built on open standards and a common architecture, each EUI integrates IoT devices, AI and real-time analytics through UrbanOS…
- SABIA & Sol: AI-Powered Citizen Assistant (opens in a new tab)Community of Madrid | Regional Ministry of Digitalization · 2026 · in useSABIA Assistant & Avatar Sol is an Artificial Intelligence-based solution developed by the Community of Madrid to transform citizen access to public information and services. The system combines generative AI, semantic search and a conversational avatar to provide accurate, personalised and…
- (AILUME) - Artificial Intelligence-Based Application for the Early Detection of Forest Fire Outbreaks (opens in a new tab)Agency for Technological Modernization of Galicia (AMTEGA) – Xunta de Galicia · 2025 · pilotAILUME is an artificial intelligence system developed to strengthen Galicia’s response to one of its greatest environmental threats: forest fires. The region’s vast forest coverage, rural depopulation, and increasing climate change impacts make early detection essential. AILUME addresses this by…
- AI for Fiscal Compliance (opens in a new tab)Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) · 2025 · in development or not statedTax administrations face growing complexity in managing large volumes of data while ensuring compliance, fairness and efficiency. The Spanish Tax Agency aims to modernise tax and customs operations by shifting from reactive enforcement to preventive and supportive compliance models. The objective…
- ARI (Intelligent Robotic Assistant) (opens in a new tab)City of Barcelona · 2025 · pilotOrganisations in sectors such as transport, energy and finance face complex optimisation problems that are difficult to solve with conventional computing methods. In Galicia, strategic industries required innovative approaches to manage large-scale combinatorial challenges. The objective of this…
- Automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement pilot with Hayden AI (opens in a new tab)Ajuntament de Barcelona · 2025 · pilotBus reliability in dense urban corridors is frequently undermined by vehicles that stop or park illegally in reserved bus lanes or at bus stops, disrupting service regularity and slowing public transport operations. In Barcelona, this creates an operational challenge for Transports Metropolitans…
- Canal Empresa - reducing administrative burden and providing regulatory information for businesses (opens in a new tab)Valencian Regional Govermment · 2025 · in useBusinesses and self-employed professionals often face fragmented administrative procedures, duplicated requests for information, and difficulty understanding regulatory obligations across different public bodies. The Generalitat Valenciana launched Canal Empresa to reduce administrative burden and…
/What we cannot see
/Incidents by period
in the country/Where the systems come from
how we know/Reported incidents
13 in 24 months- El PP da un paso más en su campaña y suplanta la identidad de Begoña Gómez, Zapatero y Ábalos: “¿Irse de putas? Sí, soy zurdo (opens in a new tab) · elpais.com · 22 Oct 2026
- Leire Diez se querella contra el PP por su vídeo hecho con IA que le acusa de contratar "matones" (opens in a new tab) · libertaddigital.com · 23 Oct 2026
- Opposition deepfake video of Spanish PM’s wife sparks outrage before election (opens in a new tab) · theguardian.com · 24 Oct 2026
- Ya son 18 las denuncias de jóvenes de Silleda por desnudos falsos con IA (opens in a new tab) · media.lavozdegalicia.es · 11 Jun 2026
- Investigados dos hombres por las fotos falsas por IA de desnudos de más de 20 mujeres en Silleda (opens in a new tab) · europapress.es · 16 Jul 2026
- Identifican a autores de desnudos creados por IA que afectaron a 22 mujeres de Pontevedra (opens in a new tab) · infobae.com · 16 Jul 2026
- Dominican Republic rebukes Spanish opposition party over 'vicious' AI video (opens in a new tab) · reuters.com · 7 Mar 2025
- Detenido un menor en Palma por crear imágenes de cinco compañeras de colegio desnudas con inteligencia artificial (opens in a new tab) · diariodemallorca.es · 15 Feb 2025
- Detenido un menor en Palma por crear imágenes de cinco compañeras desnudas con IA (opens in a new tab) · ultimahora.es · 15 Feb 2025
- Detenido un menor por crear con IA imágenes de desnudos de cinco compañeras de colegio y difundirlas (opens in a new tab) · elmundo.es · 15 Feb 2025
- Spanish Teen Being Investigated Over Nude AI Images Of Classmates (opens in a new tab) · ndtv.com · 25 Jul 2025
- Police in Spain arrest schoolboy for making AI nude images of classmates (opens in a new tab) · independent.co.uk · 27 Jul 2025
- Spanish teenager investigated over AI naked images of classmates (opens in a new tab) · reuters.com · 27 Jul 2025
- reuters.com (opens in a new tab) · 6 Mar 2024
- euronews.com (opens in a new tab) · 8 Mar 2024
- techcrunch.com (opens in a new tab) · 8 Mar 2024
- techdirt.com (opens in a new tab) · 12 Jun 2024
- reuters.com (opens in a new tab) · 26 Mar 2026
- nytimes.com (opens in a new tab) · 27 Mar 2026
- bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
/Laws and safeguards
/In the news
how it works- 3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million (opens in a new tab)erienewsnow.com · United States · 8 Nov 2026 · and 52 other outlets
- ¿Hay que hacerse –de verdad– fontanero? Hablamos con los profesionales de un oficio 'a prueba de IA' (opens in a new tab)abc.es · Spain · 7 Nov 2026 · and 12 other outlets
- Condenan a un menor por desnudar con IA a catorce compañeras y difundirlo por redes sociales en Valencia (opens in a new tab)diariovasco.com · Spain · 10 Nov 2026 · and 8 other outlets
- IA, Wmf: investitori founder ed esperti da tutto il mondo a confronto nella Silicon Valley (opens in a new tab)adnkronos.com · Italy · 12 Nov 2026 · and 6 other outlets
- Hacker Arrested in Ciudad Real for Cyberattack on City Council Using AI (opens in a new tab)abc.es · Spain · 12 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Mediaset presenta Mia, l'agente IA che lavora in sintonia con gli umani (opens in a new tab)lanazione.it · Italy · 11 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- DeepL unveils Aure, its most lifelike Voice AI translation model yet (opens in a new tab)finanznachrichten.de · Germany · 11 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Crean una IA validada en 1,2 millones de pacientes que rastrea recorrido clínico para hallar patología renal hereditaria (opens in a new tab)diariosigloxxi.com · Spain · 10 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Fenin, SEDISA, SERAM y SEC proponen diez medidas para incorporar de forma segura la IA al sistema sanitario (opens in a new tab)infosalus.com · Spain · 10 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Valdivia: USS abre este miércoles 11 de noviembre el evento IA + Sostenibilidad para pymes (opens in a new tab)diariolaguino.cl · Chile · 10 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 3,540 in total, at most 281 in one day (6 Nov 2026).
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 50, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 50, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 50, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 49, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 49, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 56 · 2024 57 · 2025 53 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.