Latvia
attention index
The country in the five views
- Attention15
- Adoption · single source27
- Regulation95
- Problems and attacks20
- Opportunities48
/Why this colour
how it is computedThe state and AI
how it is computedWhy this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 55.2 (as a target) + 50% × 18.4 (as a cause) = 36.8
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.
/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
- AI Factories Latvia (opens in a new tab)Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia · 2025 · in useLatvia’s AI ecosystem needs stronger support for companies and researchers developing market-ready AI products, especially in areas where local language, security and regional-context requirements are not well served by generic international solutions. AI Factories Latvia is a national initiative…
- TildeOpen LLM – AI solution for European languages (opens in a new tab)TildeAI · 2025 · in useEuropean public administrations, businesses and researchers need language technologies that work reliably in smaller and under-represented European languages, not only in English or other high-resource languages. TildeOpen LLM addresses this gap by providing an open-source large language model…
- Chatbot - Lad Va (opens in a new tab)Rural Support Service of the Republic of Latvia · 2023 · in useFarmers, rural businesses and applicants for agricultural support often need guidance on funding schemes, application procedures, permits, registers and deadlines outside ordinary office hours. The Rural Support Service of Latvia introduced the LAD virtual assistant to make information about…
- Satellites for Wilderness Inspection and Forest Threat Tracking (SWIFTT) (opens in a new tab)AXA Climate · 2022 · pilotForest ecosystems face increasing risks from climate change, pests and biodiversity loss, yet monitoring large and remote areas remains resource-intensive. The SWIFTT project aims to provide forest managers with accessible and scientifically robust remote sensing tools to monitor and mitigate…
- viLTe' - Chatbot answering relevant questions regarding the COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)Government of the Republic of Lithuania · 2020 · retiredCreated during the “Hack the Crisis” hackathon, viLTe' was designed to address an urgent public-information problem during the COVID-19 pandemic: citizens needed fast, reliable and easy-to-understand answers about symptoms, restrictions and related public-health measures at a time of high…
- Voice recognition in court administration (opens in a new tab)Procesutore General's Office · 2020 · in useCourt and prosecution services generate large volumes of spoken material, including hearings, interviews, procedural acts and internal administrative communication. Latvia’s voice-recognition use case for the Prosecutor’s Office applied AI-based speech technology to support court-administration or…
- Hugo - Virtual Assistant for governments (opens in a new tab)Culture Information Systems Centre Latvia · 2019 · in usePublic administrations often struggle to provide consistent, multilingual digital support across agencies, particularly when regulations change frequently and institutions must keep guidance up to date across many separate websites and service channels. In Latvia, the Culture Information Systems…
- Just - virtual assistant of the State Unitary Computerized Land Book (opens in a new tab)Ministry of Justice · 2019 · in useLand-register services can be difficult for citizens and professionals to navigate because users must understand property identifiers, cadastral information, service categories and procedural steps. Latvia’s Court Administration introduced the virtual assistant Justs into the Land Register portal…
- Automatic decision making of the Electronic Declaration System of the State Revenue Service (opens in a new tab)State Revenue Service · 2018 · in useTax administrations receive very large volumes of declarations and supporting documents, and reviewing each submission manually can limit efficiency, delay compliant cases, and divert expert attention away from higher-risk filings. In Latvia, the Electronic Declaration System of the State Revenue…
- FITS ITEMS - Road safety (opens in a new tab)State Public Traffic Safety Directorate · 2018 · in useRoad safety authorities need reliable ways to enforce rules on speeding, insurance, and vehicle roadworthiness, yet manual roadside control is resource-intensive and cannot provide the same breadth of coverage as automated monitoring. In Latvia, the State Public Traffic Safety Directorate adopted…
/What we cannot see
/Incidents by period
in the country/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
/In the news
how it works- Wie Russland die KI vergiftet – und was dagegen hilft (opens in a new tab)hna.de · Germany · 11 Nov 2026 · and 10 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
- 'Humans are expensive but beautiful'... in the AI era, the question raised by an art forgery case involving a famous painter (opens in a new tab)heraldk.com · South Korea · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- AI proves limits of quantum computers in landmark mathematical breakthrough (opens in a new tab)slguardian.org · Sri Lanka · 13 Nov 2026
- The AI model got the answer right but keeps rechecking endlessly: how to treat this "suspicion" (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
- Why does AI bring 'individual efficiency but no enterprise gains'? Amazon Web Services China team reiterates the golden triangle solution - Industry News | ITBear Tech News (opens in a new tab)itbear.com.cn · China · 13 Nov 2026
- EU turns to two tech gurus to enter the global AI race (opens in a new tab)lavanguardia.com · Spain · 13 Nov 2026
- Latvia's Saeima Speaker wants MPs to use artificial intelligence to work faster and more efficiently in parliament (opens in a new tab)bnn-news.com · Latvia · 13 Nov 2026
- AI proved the limit of quantum computers' advantages :: Daily News / VZGLYAD (opens in a new tab)vz.ru · Russia · 13 Nov 2026
- From pilot to scale: AWS drives AI value realization through a closed loop of strategy, data and talent (opens in a new tab)itbear.com.cn · China · 13 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 208 in total, at most 35 in one day (15 Oct 2026).
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 15, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 15, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 15, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 15, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 15, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 12 · 2024 16 · 2025 16 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.