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/Country
Iceland
22/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 8% of countries
#145 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention22
- Adoptiondata not available
- Regulation90
- Problems and attacks5
- Opportunitiesdata not available
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents0
no incidents recorded (counts as missing data)
AI exposure63
percentile among countries
AI compute capacity: 5,240 (2026-11) · Epoch AI — GPU Clusters
Missing safeguards11
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +1.07 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: +1.61 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: +1.36 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
75
Exposure to threats
10
as a target 16 · as a cause 3
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: medium (103 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 15.8 (as a target) + 50% × 3.2 (as a cause) = 9.5
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)94
Rule of law (0-100 score)85
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
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.
Examples
Examples, not a count
AI tenders (TED)
- VEAT - Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology / Miðstöð gervigreindar og máltækni (opens in a new tab)1 Sep 2026 · direct award · Fjársýsla ríkisins
- Chatbot DPS (opens in a new tab)10 Mar 2026 · contract award · Ríkiskaup
Titles in the language of the source
/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.
3 public AI systems in the register
in use1
pilot1
in development or not stated1
Main sectors
General public services1
Housing and community amenities1
Recreation, culture and religion1
Most recent cases
- Smart Street Lighting (opens in a new tab)Hafnarfjörður Municipality · 2025 · pilotUrban lighting represents a major source of energy consumption and maintenance costs for municipalities. Hafnarfjörður sought to modernise its lighting infrastructure to improve efficiency and safety. The objective of this pilot is to enable adaptive, data-driven lighting management. The…
- How Iceland is using GPT-4 to preserve its language (opens in a new tab)Language Planning Department of the Government of Iceland · 2023 · in development or not statedSmall language communities face risks of digital marginalisation when advanced language technologies are predominantly trained on high-resource languages. Iceland sought to ensure that its national language remains represented and usable in emerging digital services. Stakeholders include the…
- Better Reykjavik (opens in a new tab)City of Reykjavik · 2014 · in useCities need practical ways to involve residents in shaping local priorities, yet traditional consultation methods often struggle to attract broad participation or turn large volumes of public input into useful policy signals. Better Reykjavik was created as a collaborative platform between the…
/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
0
12-24 months ago
/Reported incidents
0 in 24 monthsNo incidents recorded by the sources in the last 24 months. It does not mean that none happened: it often means little press coverage.
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+1.07
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law+1.61
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability+1.36
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
- An AI pioneer warns of a 'Chernobyl' moment for AI: what is at risk? (opens in a new tab)hna.de · Germany · 9 Nov 2026 · and 9 other outlets
- 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
- Taiwan eröffnet auf der electronica 2026 Flagship Showcase für KI-Hardware (opens in a new tab)presseschleuder.com · Germany · 11 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- As AI looms over Hollywood, Oscar hopefuls make the case for human craft (opens in a new tab)nbcnews.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026
- Four AIs analyze Bulgaria vs Iceland: all four back the away win (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
- Four AIs analyze Luxembourg vs Estonia: three predict a draw, Qwen favors the away team (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
- After a chip giant's CEO steps down: why do Americans dislike AI data centers? Noise, pollution, power bills (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 13 Nov 2026
- After a chip giant's CEO steps down: why do Americans dislike AI data centers? Noise, pollution, power bills (opens in a new tab)eastmoney.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
- Basecamp Research Builds AI Model to Design Biology (opens in a new tab)bioxconomy.com · 12 Nov 2026
- EU, double summit in Dublin: Ukraine, artificial intelligence and the future of European security (opens in a new tab)adnkronos.com · Italy · 12 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 82 in total, at most 15 in one day (9 Nov 2026).
82 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 22, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 22, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 22, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 22, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 22, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 insufficient data · 2024 insufficient data · 2025 insufficient data why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.