Ehsan ChitsazDeputy for Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, says that artificial ielligence has become a vital eleme in the growth of the digital economy and without its use, this sector will not be able to make a significa leap. According to him, the digital economy without AI will only remain at a limited level.
Redefining developme rules with artificial ielligence
Chitsaz at the press conference of the first artificial ielligence exhibition in Azadi Innovation Factory was held, poiing to the fundameal role of AI, he emphasized that this technology is not only a tool for improving processes, but also redefines existing structures; From business models and productivity to labor market and value chain. According to him, this feature can significaly increase the share of the digital economy in the GDP.
The 14th governme’s focus on AI-based developme
Stating that the main focus of this ministry in the 14th governme is developme based on artificial ielligence, the Deputy Minister of Communications said that just as the transition platform from traditional communications to broadband was provided in the past years, now the mission of the Ministry of Communications is to create an infrastructure to iegrate data, processing power and algorithms.
Data governance and artificial ielligence market formation
Chitsaz meioned the drafting of the data governance docume as one of the key measures and added that the “data market” docume is also being finalized with the cooperation of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. He considered the presence of large infrastructure companies to be necessary for the formation of a sustainable ecosystem of artificial ielligence and said that these actors can be the engine of technology transfer to differe sectors of the digital economy.
According to him, the activity framework of “artificial ielligence operator” has been developed and approved in the regulatory organization.
artificial ielligence operator; The practical step of the governme
The deputy of policy and planning of the Ministry of Communications announced that the artificial ielligence operator will start its activity with a minimum processing capacity of 200 and this capacity will increase by 50% every year. According to him, the approval of this plan was approved by the governme board last week and the call for ideifying companies applying for participation will be published soon.
The need for an investme of 10 billion dollars
Referring to the financial requiremes of the digital economy leap, Chitsaz said that in order to increase the share of this sector from the curre 4% to 10%, the coury needs more than double growth and an investme of nearly 10 billion dollars.
He added that since the beginning of the 14th governme, 1.68 billion dollars have been invested in infrastructure layers, which includes 1 billion dollars in the communication sector and 680 million dollars in the field of processing infrastructure.
Economic stability and human capital
The deputy minister of communications meioned the policy of “guaraeed purchase of services” from artificial ielligence operators as one of the tools to create a stable market and said that this policy can provide the basis for coinuous economic activity for this sector.
He also meioned the “Iran Digital” platform, which is designed with the aim of training 500,000 senior specialists in the field of artificial ielligence and digital economy.
Warning about the reduction of specialist staff
Stating that in the last three years, about 27% of the specialists in this field have left the activity cycle, Chitsaz considered this a serious alarm for the future of the digital economy and emphasized that the implemeation of the Digital Iran project can help restore human capital and return skills to this sector.
Orieation of financial resources and provision of infrastructure
According to the Deputy Minister of Communications, close cooperation has been established with the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, and this fund has devoted its support to the developme of artificial ielligence at differe levels; in such a way that it is targeted that half of the fund’s resources will reach this area in the coming years.
He also announced negotiations with iernational companies to provide processors and create a secure supply chain and said that most of the investmes are concerated in this layer.
Segregation of tasks in AI developme
Chitsaz explained that the developme of the application layer and applications based on artificial ielligence is mainly pursued within the framework of the missions of the presideial science and technology vice-preside, and this vice-preside tries to iroduce AI io people’s daily applications and ensure the economic sustainability of this layer.
artificial ielligence exhibition; Showcase of iernal power
In the end, the deputy of policy and planning of the Ministry of Communications said that Iran’s first artificial ielligence exhibition can iroduce the coury’s capabilities in the field of application, productivity and economic use of AI to activists and decision makers as a showcase of domestic capabilities.
According to Ehsan Chitsaz, artificial ielligence has become the main focus of digital economy policy in the 14th governme; The axis that includes data governance and AI operator to large investme and training of manpower and is supposed to pave the way for the leap of the digital economy.
