Hungary
attention index
The country in the five views
- Attention34
- Adoption25
- Regulation91
- Problems and attacks54
- Opportunities49
/Why this colour
how it is computedThe state and AI
how it is computedWhy this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 41.5 (as a target) + 50% × 35.7 (as a cause) = 38.6
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)
- Mesterséges intelligencia szerver beszerzése (opens in a new tab)23 Mar 2026 · contract award · Semmelweis Egyetem
- AI tender notice (opens in a new tab)6 Jan 2026 · contract award
- DBR/2/33 Mesterséges intelligencia (opens in a new tab)22 Dec 2025 · contract award · Széchenyi István Egyetem
- Kpi mesterséges intelligencia szolg. gyűjt. kial. (opens in a new tab)2 Dec 2024 · contract award · Médiaszolgáltatás - támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap
/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
- Artificial intelligence-based legal search service integrated in the Hungarian Gazette and National Legislation Database (opens in a new tab)MKIFK Hungarian Gazette Publishing and Legal Translation Centre Ltd. · 2026 · pilotThe Gazette 2.0 project modernised IT systems supporting official gazette publication and integrated the National Legislation Database with an innovative AI platform accessible via jog.gov.hu, free of charge, implemented by co-financing of EU and hungarian Government. The tool improve digital…
- DONNA: A digital assistant for IT operations (opens in a new tab)Idomsot Zrt. · 2025 · pilotDONNA is a digital assistant designed to enhance IT operations within public administration, targeting critical services such as vehicle registration and identity card issuance. Built on open-source AI generative models and service architectures, DONNA integrates with tools like JIRA and…
- URBANITE - AI-driven insights to optimise public transport systems (opens in a new tab)Municipality of Ajka · 2025 · pilotPublic-transport planning has often depended on surveys and interviews, which are valuable but slow, expensive and limited in their ability to capture real, constantly changing mobility patterns across a city. As a result, transport authorities and operators may lack the detailed and timely…
- BrAIn – BRinging Artificial INtelligence towards SMEs (opens in a new tab)Pannon Business Network Association · 2024 · pilotBrAIn supports SMEs in the Danube Region in understanding, adopting and benefiting from artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0 technologies as part of a transition towards more sustainable and human-centric Industry 5.0 models. The regional problem is that SMEs across the Danube area face uneven…
- Water Network Monitoring (opens in a new tab)Region of Tápióság · 2024 · pilotEnsuring reliable water supply and minimising losses is particularly challenging in areas with limited infrastructure and remote pumping stations. In Tápióság, Hungary, water utilities required better visibility of network performance without continuous on-site supervision. The objective of this…
- Algorithm to detect fraud at the National Tax Authority in Hungary (opens in a new tab)National Tax Authority · 2022 · in development or not statedTax administrations face increasing challenges in detecting complex and evolving forms of tax fraud while ensuring compliance with strict data protection and transparency requirements. The Hungarian National Tax Authority (NAV) manages extensive datasets related to declarations, transactions and…
- Anomaly detection in e-government administration (opens in a new tab)Idomsoft ZRT · 2021 · in development or not statedHungary’s anomaly-detection initiative focuses on protecting the reliability and availability of critical digital public services. The operational challenge is that modern e-government systems generate large volumes of technical and usage data, while service disruptions or misuse can affect…
- Home Quarantine App - Supporting the use of electronic control for home quarantine (opens in a new tab)Hungarian government · 2020 · retiredIn early May 2020, a government decree enabled the use of electronic control to support home quarantine, responding to the practical challenge of monitoring compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic without relying solely on manual enforcement. The app was introduced in a context where authorities…
- AI technology speeds up historical image handling at Hungary's National Archive (opens in a new tab)NAVA · 2019 · pilotHungary’s National Audiovisual Archive (NAVA) faced the challenge of organising and preserving millions of historical images and audiovisual records forming the country’s twentieth-century cultural memory. Manual classification was slow, costly, and unable to keep pace with digitisation efforts…
- Speech recognition and transcription (opens in a new tab)National Office for the Judiciary · 2018 · in useCourt proceedings generate spoken information that must be transformed into written minutes, decisions and procedural records, but manual transcription can be time-consuming and places a heavy burden on clerical staff. Hungary’s National Office for the Judiciary examined the use of…
/What we cannot see
/Incidents by period
in the country/Reported incidents
2 in 24 months- telex.hu (opens in a new tab) · 7 Aug 2025
- reuters.com (opens in a new tab) · 19 Feb 2026
- dailynewshungary.com (opens in a new tab)
- Hungary's opposition leader to file criminal complaint over alleged deepfake video (opens in a new tab) · reuters.com · 29 Oct 2025
/Laws and safeguards
/In the news
how it works- EU, double summit in Dublin: focus on Ukraine and artificial intelligence (opens in a new tab)sanremonews.it · Italy · 12 Nov 2026 · and 6 other outlets
- Altegio Announces Open Platform Connecting Beauty and Wellness Businesses With AI Agents at Web Summit 2026 | Company Announcement (opens in a new tab)investegate.co.uk · United Kingdom · 10 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Journalism in the age of AI: opportunities or challenges? (opens in a new tab)bignewsnetwork.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Scaling with AI, Growing with People: eDreams ODIGEO's Prime Membership Has Grown Nearly Four Times as Fast as Its Team Since 2021 (opens in a new tab)finanznachrichten.de · Germany · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Democrats' blue wave wins could send AI buildout out of U.S. (opens in a new tab)southernminn.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- On the eve of the AI industry boom, a record of iterative research in Shenzhen | Caijing Special Report (opens in a new tab)caijing.com.cn · China · 13 Nov 2026
- ChatGPT Now Shows Brands Their Numbers (opens in a new tab)digjitale.com · Kosovo · 13 Nov 2026
- Democrats' blue wave could send AI buildout outside the US | State news (opens in a new tab)idahopress.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026
- PYMNTS | Anthropic's Claude Tops AI Rankings as OpenAI Limits Model (opens in a new tab)pymnts.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026
- Overseas Research Daily 1113 | Goldman: AI Investment Momentum May Peak Early Next Year, Bond Allocation Value Rises _ Eastmoney.com (opens in a new tab)eastmoney.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 234 in total, at most 29 in one day (15 Oct 2026).
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 34, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 34, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 34, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 34, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 34, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 18 · 2024 19 · 2025 30 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.