Romania
attention index
The country in the five views
- Attention18
- Adoption19
- Regulation79
- Problems and attacks40
- Opportunities42
/Why this colour
how it is computedThe state and AI
how it is computedWhy this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 45.2 (as a target) + 50% × 19.1 (as a cause) = 32.2
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)
- Sisteme de calcul de inalta performanta pentru cercetare in domeniul Inteligentei artificiale proiect HRIA III (opens in a new tab)29 Oct 2026 · call for tenders · Universitatea din Bucuresti
- AI tender notice (opens in a new tab)20 Oct 2026 · call for tenders
- Sistem complex de analiza a datelor din mai multe surse, bazat pe software inteligenta artificiala (opens in a new tab)15 Oct 2026 · contract award · Directia Generala de Politie a Municipiului Bucuresti
- AI tender notice (opens in a new tab)7 Oct 2026 · call for tenders
- Sisteme de calcul de inalta performanta pentru cercetare in domeniul Inteligentei artificiale proiect HRIA Laptopuri (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026 · call for tenders · Universitatea din Bucuresti
/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
- DELPHI - Coordinated mobility for passengers and freight - Cluj-Napoca use case (opens in a new tab)City of Cluj-Napoca · 2025 · pilotCluj-Napoca has experienced rapid population growth and increasing pressure on its transport system, making it harder for the city to maintain efficient, sustainable and coordinated mobility services. Although the city already offers real-time public-transport information through a user-friendly…
- Saro: AI-powered educational digital assistant (opens in a new tab)Romanian Ministry of Education and Research · 2025 · pilotSaro is an AI-powered educational assistant designed to support pupils, students and teachers in Romania by improving learning engagement, motivation and administrative efficiency. The initiative addresses a major challenge in education systems: learners often need personalised feedback and…
- Virtual civil servant - Galati City Hall (opens in a new tab)Galati City Hall · 2025 · in development or not statedMunicipal service desks often receive recurring questions about planning, taxes, fees, local revenues and procedural requirements, creating pressure on front-office staff and delays for citizens. Galați City Hall’s virtual civil servant initiative addresses this problem by testing an AI-based…
- Virtual civil servant - Local public administration in Cluj (opens in a new tab)City of Cluj · 2025 · in development or not statedLocal public administrations face increasing pressure to provide faster, more accessible and more responsive services while managing repetitive administrative procedures with limited staff capacity. The Cluj virtual civil servant initiative explores how AI-based assistants can support the…
- Galicea Commune's Chatbot (opens in a new tab)Galicea Commune · 2024 · in useSmall municipalities and communes often face the same citizen-service expectations as larger administrations, but with fewer staff and more limited digital capacity. Galicea Commune’s “AI Galicea” chatbot is cited as an example of Romanian local government adopting conversational AI at commune…
- OpenLLM-Ro - The first LLM in Romanian language (opens in a new tab)POLITEHNICA Bucharest, the University of Bucharest and the Institute of Logic and Data Science · 2024 · in useOpenLLM-Ro was developed to address the limited availability of large language models specifically trained for Romanian, a gap that can constrain the quality of digital services, research tools and language technologies for Romanian-speaking users. The initiative brings together academic actors…
- UiPath - AI to help farmers get EU funding (opens in a new tab)Rural Investing Finance Authority (AFIR) · 2024 · in useRomania’s Agency for Financing Rural Investments needed to simplify and speed up the process through which farmers access EU funding, a process that traditionally involves collecting multiple documents and authorisations from different public sources. This administrative complexity can create…
- Ion - the world's first government advisor (opens in a new tab)Government of Romania · 2023 · retiredGovernments increasingly seek tools to understand public concerns in real time, but turning large volumes of citizen expression into reliable policy insight raises questions about transparency, representativeness and accountability. Romania’s ION was launched in March 2023 as an…
- Sector 3 City Hall's AI-powered chat system (opens in a new tab)City Hall of Sector 3 in Bucharest · 2023 · in useLocal administrations receive frequent citizen questions about services, documents, procedures and contact channels, but municipal websites can be difficult to navigate and staff capacity is limited outside office hours. Sector 3 City Hall in Bucharest introduced an AI-powered chat system on its…
- AI4AGRI - Romanian Excellence Center on Artificial Intelligence in Earth Observation Data for Agriculture (opens in a new tab)Universitatea Transilvania Din Brasov · 2022 · pilotRomania possesses substantial agricultural potential but faces challenges including soil degradation, fragmentation and limited technological uptake. AI4AGRI aims to establish a dedicated research centre focused on applying advanced analytics to Earth observation data for agricultural innovation…
/What we cannot see
/Incidents by period
in the country/Reported incidents
1 in 24 months- Alerta cu bombă din Portul Constanța. Radu Miruță: Amenințare transmisă de pe numere din Ucraina și Polonia, posibil creată cu AI (opens in a new tab) · digi24.ro · 29 Jul 2026
- Mesajele trimise la Autoritatea Navală Română, care au dus la evacuări în Portul Constanța: „Mai multe bombe plantate. Nu vei avea timp să le găsești” (opens in a new tab) · hotnews.ro · 29 Jul 2026
- UPDATE - Alertă cu bombă în Portul Constanţa / Amplasarea bombei, anunţată telefonic, Autorităţii Navale Române / Apelurile, făcute din Polonia şi Ucraina / Mesajul prefectului - VIDEO (opens in a new tab) · news.ro · 29 Jul 2026
/Laws and safeguards
/In the news
how it works- AI freezer cyberattacks: Hackers are using cheap technology to melt supermarket stock (opens in a new tab)theage.com.au · Australia · 10 Nov 2026 · and 5 other outlets
- Refusing to fall behind in the AI race, EU holds first leaders' summit on AI: industrial competitiveness and risk regulation in focus (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 科技与人文交汇共生,AI时代创意写作何为? (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 11 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 11 novembre : l'IA rallume la flamme dans un marché déserté - 11/11/2026 à 11:45 (opens in a new tab)boursorama.com · France · 11 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- During the Singles' Day livestream a well-known personality tries TRAE and becomes the popular spokesperson for AI Coding (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 11 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- DIDWW powers Vocal Agent AI's growth with local phone numbers (opens in a new tab)manilatimes.net · Philippines · 10 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Luiss e Angelini Academy lanciano nuova cattedra per educare alla complessità dell' IA (opens in a new tab)zazoom.it · Italy · 10 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- AI接管一家8万Star开源公司,写代码、派任务、查Bug全包了 (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 9 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- AI算力催动 国产先进封测迎来产业升级机遇 (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 9 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 2026中国制造之美终评奖项揭晓 AI与消费电子创新成最大亮点_中华网 (opens in a new tab)china.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 572 in total, at most 40 in one day (11 Nov 2026).
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 18, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 18, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 18, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 18, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 18, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 11 · 2024 11 · 2025 11 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.