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Mazón highlights the Generalitat's investment of 18 million euros in AI projects to boost economic and social development

 

 

• Mazón highlights the Generalitat's investment of 18 million euros in AI projects to boost economic and social development
• It highlights the Council's commitment to this technology and highlights the Business Channel and "the advances to make data governance a reality that offers greater ease and agility to citizens"
• It highlights that, thanks to artificial intelligence, the Council has expedited the payment of aid to those affected by the floods, "paying 50,000 direct aid for the loss of a vehicle in just 18 days and paying 100% of the aid to the self-employed without employees in 8 days"
• It highlights other initiatives of the Valencian government that incorporate AI in the healthcare field, such as proton therapy or breast cancer diagnosis, in addition to support for mobility programs and the digitalization of SMEs.
• It ratifies its commitment to the consolidation of technological hubs in the three provinces, defends public-private collaboration to promote the development of projects and emphasizes the importance of training.

 

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The President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has underlined "the Generalitat's determined commitment to the development of innovative technologies that generate opportunities", while also highlighting "the investment of 18 million euros in projects with artificial intelligence in 2024" to promote economic and social development.

He pointed this out at the inauguration of the 7th International Congress on Artificial Intelligence organized by El Independiente in Alicante, where he defended that public authorities "must be drivers" in the development of this technology.

In this sense, he referred to the Business Channel, the digital single window launched this week by the Valencian executive to simplify and streamline the procedures for starting or managing a business, and of which the president highlighted "the incorporation of a virtual assistant with artificial intelligence capable of resolving doubts in real time for any businessman or entrepreneur."

Likewise, he stated "the advances to make data governance a reality which, thanks to artificial intelligence, will offer citizens more facilities" when it comes to finding out about aid and benefits, avoiding duplication and enabling simpler and faster access to the information they need.

Mazón highlighted the incorporation of artificial intelligence to speed up the payment of aid from the Generalitat to those affected by the floods of October 29, facilitating "the payment of around 50,000 direct aid for the loss of a vehicle in just 18 days, the payment in 8 days of 100% of the aid to 13,300 self-employed people before Christmas, as well as 60% of basic needs aid."

The president also stated that 100 days after the floods, "the Valencian Community is at the forefront of capitalizing aid and the necessary reconstruction", in addition to referring to "the fight for the truth and the fight for the future".

In this sense, he noted that artificial intelligence "offers as many opportunities as uncertainties and dangers as lies", so he advocated "taking advantage of the former and dispelling and fighting against the latter".

Mazón has regretted the campaigns on social networks for partisan purposes, and has pointed out the need to rely on artificial intelligence to develop early warning tools in watersheds as a security element.

In his opinion, "governance, and even the mere existence of public authorities, will depend on the use of artificial intelligence and the decision-making support systems that derive from it."

The head of the Council has detailed other initiatives with artificial intelligence that the Generalitat has launched or collaborates with, such as the 'All for Health' project for the creation of a pan-European digital infrastructure that facilitates access to images on cancer and data linked to its processing to make them available to the research community.

In this sense, he highlighted the Generalitat's commitment to quality public healthcare with the incorporation of artificial intelligence. Thus, he emphasized the use of this technology to speed up the diagnosis of breast cancer and as a "key" tool in the new proton therapy center thanks to the equipment donated by the Amancio Ortega Foundation "which the previous executive rejected due to prejudice" and which is being built in the La Fe Hospital in Valencia to fight cancer and serve all patients in the Valencian Community.

Similarly, he referred to the 'Digital Innovation Hub Valencian Community' project to support the digitalization of SMEs and public administrations and the CITCOM.AI initiative for the creation of an urban artificial intelligence laboratory that contributes to solving mobility challenges, among other projects in fields such as aerospace, agriculture and other economic sectors.

Carlos Mazón has pointed out the support of the Generalitat for the creation and consolidation of digital technology hubs in the ports of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia.

In this sense, he has defended the promotion of public-private collaboration for the development of projects such as the initiative that contributes to the detection of unregulated tourist housing through the use of artificial intelligence, the improvement of science parks and technological institutes, the promotion of projects such as Digital Valley Comunitat Valenciana to install data centers in Picassent or the transfer of knowledge from universities to the private sector.

In this regard, he emphasized the importance of education to train future experts in artificial intelligence and stressed the commitment of our territory in this area in which "14 Secondary Education centers offer the specialty in artificial intelligence and big data , in addition to the wide range of universities, both public and private, with more than 2,500 places."

The Valencian Community, third innovative ecosystem in Spain

The president also highlighted the potential of our territory to play an important role in the development of artificial intelligence and assured that the Valencian Community is "the third most innovative and technological ecosystem in Spain by investment volume with more than 1,200 startups and more than 700 million euros invested in them in recent years."

 

In the face of cybercrime, he supported the need for democratic states to "have the necessary tools to defend themselves in the digital universe in the same way that they do in physical reality", in addition to highlighting "the need to delve deeper into the legal, ethical and moral limits that must be established so that advances serve to advance instead of regressing or tarnishing the truth".

Finally, he highlighted the province of Alicante as a lever for recovery and highlighted its capacity to lead artificial intelligence, which he considered "an engine" for the economic and social reconstruction of the Valencian Community.

The mayor of the city, Luis Barcala, and the president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Toni Pérez, among other authorities, also participated in the inauguration of the 7th International Congress of Artificial Intelligence.