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/Country
Syria
27/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 18% of countries
#129 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention27
- Adoption · single source7
- Regulation28
- Problems and attacks22
- Opportunities32
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents0
1 incident in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure3
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 7.4% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards85
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -1.81 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -1.81 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -1.62 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
10
Exposure to threats
34
as a target 30 · as a cause 38
Closed, little exposedMedia coverage: medium (209 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 29.9 (as a target) + 50% × 37.9 (as a cause) = 33.9
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)36
Rule of law (0-100 score)29
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
Incidents where the state uses AI
/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
+ 1 with only the year
/Reported incidents
1 in 24 months2025
White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI)AI labs pages: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI
Also reported by· 7 articles from 7 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-1.81
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-1.81
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-1.62
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
- Siri AI, la svolta agentica potrebbe arrivare con iOS 28 - il Fatto Nisseno - Caltanissetta notizie, cronaca, attualità (opens in a new tab)ilfattonisseno.it · Italy · 9 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- How AI, younger recruits, and evolving warfare are reshaping world terrorism (opens in a new tab)jpost.com · Israel · 13 Nov 2026
- Future energy: AI, batteries and new sources will redesign the sector in the coming years - Negócios (opens in a new tab)verdesmares.com.br · Brazil · 13 Nov 2026
- TV Integração 2027 Roadshow: Marketing and AI Trends in MG (opens in a new tab)globo.com · Brazil · 13 Nov 2026
- A Russian regional leader fears neural networks, a public figure invited to the White House. Weekly roundup (opens in a new tab)svoboda.org · Russia · 13 Nov 2026
- AI Tools Drive Surge In Gender-Based Digital Violence Against Women Across The Middle East (opens in a new tab)foreignpolicyjournal.com · Israel · 12 Nov 2026
- Statement by the acting Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee (opens in a new tab)unrwa.org · Israel · 12 Nov 2026
- This school district wants AI in the classroom — with serious guardrails | The Metro (opens in a new tab)wdet.org · United States · 12 Nov 2026
- Digital clinic with 7 tools: Syrian doctor harnesses artificial intelligence to care for children (opens in a new tab)sana.sy · Syria · 12 Nov 2026
- Gaming Industry Caught in a "2026 Paradox": AI Aids Development but Struggles to Win Over Players (opens in a new tab)yam.com · Taiwan · 12 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 182 in total, at most 40 in one day (6 Nov 2026).
182 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 27, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 27, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 27, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 27, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 27, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 insufficient data · 2024 insufficient data · 2025 57 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.