The Italian Supervisory Agency (Agid) issued the ITALIAN STRATEGY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 2024-2026.

The document reviews the global context and Italy's positioning and defines strategic actions grouped in four macro areas: Research, Public Administration, Enterprise and Training. These areas are linked by a number of important and transversal specific actions. The strategy also includes a monitoring system and a regulatory analysis defining the framework in which it will be implemented.  

Regarding the use of AI to strengthen our country’s competitiveness, the documents highlited areas of particular interest for developing and promoting the use of new AI solutions both in applied research and in business solutions, which include:

• The Made in Italy industry, with particular focus on manufacturing identity and supply chains in automation, agri-food, furniture, clothing, as well as sectors of tourism, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and aerospace;
•  The Digital industry, with ICT service companies and for the development of digital network infra- structure that enable AI solutions;
• The Financial industry, where the use of AI is now a consolidated reality internationally, including banking/insurance services. Regarding the use of AI as a lever for improving the quality of life of individuals and promoting the well-being of society, areas of particular interest are:
•  Health, understood in its “one health” meaning, thus not only in aspects strictly related to promoting AI digital technologies in the medical field butalso for everything related to prevention, defining healthier lifestyles, and caring for the more vulnerable;
•  Education, an area where AI technologies are increasingly entering with dynamics that must be guided to preserve the quality of the overall system;
• The protection of the territory, with reference to cultural and environmental assets, communities, and all factors connected with the environmental sustainability of the digital transition based on AI, thus also considering, for example, aspects related to energy management, especially from renewable sources, and sustainable mobility;
• The protection of privacy and security of individuals, also in relation to aspects that strategically affect the defense sector and national cybersecurity.

Public Administration will finally represent a privileged domain of action, due to its repercussions on both aspects outlined above, both for improving competitiveness (for example, through the streamlining of administrative procedures and in specific areas like justice) and for enhancing citizen interactions with peripheral and central structures.

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