Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has introduced its AI Assistant UMAI to an initial group of pilot users. The service enables the use of artificial intelligence to process information at national security classification level IV in a secure environment. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Government ICT Centre Valtori are acting as pilot organisations in the development of a common secure AI platform for central government.

Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will attend a meeting of like-minded countries convened by Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže in Riga, Latvia, on 9 September.