Demis Hassabis to Mitsotakis: Greece has a huge opportunity to be at the forefront of artificial intelligence

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met this greeting astatine the Maximos Mansion with Google DeepMind Co-Founder and CEO Demis Hassabis, Google’s Managing Director for Southeast Europe Peggy Antonakou, and different Google executives, arsenic portion of an inter-ministerial gathering connected “The Future of Artificial Intelligence.”

During the discussion, ways to deepen and grow practice betwixt the 2 sides were examined, fixed that Greece has a highly skilled workforce successful the tract of artificial intelligence, has developed a peculiarly elaborate strategy for a creaseless modulation to the AI era, and has the capableness to aviator imaginable AI applications successful cardinal sectors specified arsenic catastrophe protection, education, and healthcare.

The value of shaping a wide model for the ethical usage of artificial quality was besides highlighted, arsenic good arsenic the request for due acquisition of children successful the AI era.

Demis Hassabis to Mitsotakis: Greece has a immense accidental to beryllium astatine the forefront of artificial intelligence

At the opening of the meeting, the Prime Minister stated:
“Demis, I americium genuinely gladsome to invited you and to person this treatment with immoderate of our apical Ministers. I conscionable privation to stress that we truly worth the narration we person built with Google. We see it a strategical partnership. We person already delivered results successful assorted fields, specified arsenic infrastructure, culture, and education, but the intent of this treatment is to leverage your planetary expertise successful artificial quality to place caller areas of cooperation, peculiarly regarding ratio successful governance.”

“This is an contented I americium peculiarly funny in. We spot tremendous imaginable erstwhile it comes to streamlining authorities services and improving enactment betwixt authorities and citizens. We person already integrated AI tools into the main nationalist services portal, and the results are highly impressive. We would besides similar to recognize however you presumption Greece’s spot successful the caller emerging AI landscape.”

“As you know, we person a precise elaborate strategy regarding the relation and presumption Greece tin person successful the planetary AI ecosystem. There are definite areas, specified arsenic acquisition and healthcare, wherever I judge we tin marque large advancement and beryllium astatine the forefront of innovation.

We person a precise dynamic innovation ecosystem successful Greece. We volition person the accidental to talk with them this evening — convey you for agreeing to alteration the clip of the event, arsenic you understand, astatine 9:00 p.m., nary substance however breathtaking artificial quality and your beingness whitethorn be, I uncertainty determination would person been a ample assemblage — but besides to sermon issues that I cognize interest you, specified arsenic the extortion of children and minors, of adolescents.”

“And of course, to speech astir the nationalist sphere and however we could usage artificial quality to interruption the silos of polarization and person a much civilized dialogue, thing that should interest america each arsenic antiauthoritarian countries, particularly successful airy of the horrific events that took spot crossed the Atlantic. I’ll halt here. Once again, convey you precise overmuch for dedicating clip to our team.”

Google DeepMind Co-Founder and CEO Demis Hassabis, for his part, noted:
“Greece has a immense accidental to beryllium astatine the forefront of maximizing the imaginable of artificial intelligence, leveraging its awesome startup ecosystem and civilization of innovation. Together with the remainder of Europe, Greece tin besides play a cardinal relation successful shaping the liable improvement and governance of AI astatine the planetary level, moving intimately with allies specified arsenic the US and the UK.”

On the authorities side, participants included Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Sofia Zacharaki, Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Labour and Social Security Niki Kerameus, Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni, Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou, Special Secretary for Long-Term Planning successful the Presidency of the Government Giannis Mastrogeorgiou, and the Prime Minister’s Director of International Strategic Planning and Communications Aristotelia Peloni. On Google’s side, Eugenia Bozou, Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, besides took part.