Digital Affairs – Chancellery
of the Prime Minister

The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) is an initiative that leverages international cooperation on key research and projects. The organisation aims at developing a responsible and trustworthy artificial intelligence.

Breakthrough technology

The founding members of the GPAI are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union (as a single entity enacting international law). On 4 December, the Partnership was joined by new members during a plenary summit –  Poland, Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain.

“On behalf of the Ministerial Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, I would like to welcome Poland as a new member. We are certain that Poland will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of artificial intelligence to this ground-breaking initiative,” wrote Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud, Secretary of the GPAI.

Poland’s accession into the Partnership is a result of Polish involvement in the field of AI in international forums, including the work of the AIGO (OECD) - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and HLEG (EC) – High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, spanning more than two years.

The experts representing Poland on the GPAI forum are attorney Robert Kroplewski, plenipotentiary of the Minister of Digital Affairs for Information Society and Prof. Bogumił Kamiński, Warsaw School of Economics.

AI development in Poland

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly turning into one of the most influential technologies in the world today. It changes the way people work and has a significant impact on national economies. Taking advantage of its full potential requires international cooperation and coordination,” claims Minister Marek Zagórski, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.

New technologies and solutions based on AI have an increasing impact on building the capacity of national economies. Poland also wants to get on this bandwagon.

To this end, the Polish Government has enacted the "Policy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Poland” – a document, the goal of which is to achieve this objective, which emerged as a result of months-long consultations. The document has already been approved by the Committee of the Council of Ministers for Digital Affairs, currently pending approval by the Council of Ministers.

The “Policy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Poland” supports and complements other documents, including the Responsible Development Strategy, the European Commission's Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence, as well as the work of international organisations, including the OECD.    

Our document takes into account not only the international, legal, technical or organisational dimension of the use of artificial intelligence, but also its ethical aspects,” says Minister Marek Zagórski, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. “Our mission is to support the society, companies, representatives of the academia and public administration in taking advantage of opportunities related to AI development, while ensuring the protection of human dignity and conditions for fair competition in this global race,” he added.

The document defines actions and objectives for Poland in the short term (2023), medium term (2027) and long term (post-2027) perspective.

We divided them into six areas:

AI and society – activities, whose goal is to make Poland one of the major beneficiaries of a data-based economy, while raising awareness of the need for the continuous improvement of digital competences.

AI and innovative companies – support for Polish AI companies, including the development of financing mechanisms, as well as ways of cooperation between start-ups and the government.

AI and science – support for the Polish scientific and research community in designing interdisciplinary challenges or solutions in the area of AI, including activities aimed at preparing AI expert staff.

AI and education – activities starting in primary schooling and continuing until the university level – course curricula for people at risk of losing their jobs as a result of development of new technologies, educational grants.

AI and international cooperation – activities supporting Polish companies in the field of AI and technology development in the international arena.

AI and the public sector – support for the public sector in the implementation of contracts concerning AI, better coordination of activities and further development of programmes such as GovTech Polska.