The $5 billion AI export plan gathering momentum in Central Asia

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Uzbekistan is targeting at least $5bn (€4.3bn) in IT and AI service exports by 2030, as the country tries to turn artificial intelligence from a digital policy priority into a wider economic sector. Annual IT exports have grown from less than $1m (€850,000) in 2017 to nearly $1bn (€850m), according to Sherzod Shermatov, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Digital Technologies, who said the next stage will depend on skills, investment and the ability to apply AI across businesses and public services. Officials, investors and AI specialists outlined the challenge in interviews with Euronews on the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum,…

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