Digitalization Minister Bohdan Ivan said on Monday that he wants to budget for the creation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute for next year and that together with specialists from the Ministry of Finance / ANAF, they have identified a solution for increasing VAT. collection using artificial intelligence tools (TAKES).

• “Next year, I am going to budget for the preparation and feasibility study of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Romania in partnership with universities and the private sector. This is a project estimated at around 100 million euros.
• My goal is for us to be competitive in 10-15 years, not just trying to copy others who are more advanced now.” This was announced by Minister Bohdan Ivan on Mondayduring an event organized by the Competition Council.

He also said that as part of the e-Invoice project, he participated in the joint work of experts from the Ministry of Digital and the Ministry of Finance.

• “We have already identified what we can do in the very short term, I mean in terms of days, to use AI, ERP, robots that automatically process data and correlate it to have relevant financial data to increase collection, especially from VAT .
• In its simplest form, estimates range from 0.9 to 1% increase in VAT collection using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. said the Minister of Digitalization on Monday.

The minister reminded that in September of this year, the national strategy on artificial intelligence was also submitted for public discussion, which will be adopted by the end of this year.

“By the end of November, I will prepare the draft GD and pass it through the government, and Romania will be one of the EU countries that is ready from a legislative point of view, both as a regulatory act and to ensure ethics. the use of artificial intelligence, the observance of human rights during the use of artificial intelligence, as well as obtaining specific economic benefits for the public and private environment.”, Minister Bohdan Ivan also said.