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South Asia

Sri Lanka — Responsible AI Landscape

Placeholder country overview. Sri Lanka has an active research community working on AI readiness, public-sector adoption and inclusive digital services, with policy discussion coordinated across several ministries and independent institutes.

What the Observatory holds

  • 1

    Use cases

  • 3

    Publications

  • 2

    Organizations

  • 2

    Experts

  • 3

    Datasets

Counts are calculated from the illustrative records currently in this prototype.

AI landscape

Indicators for Sri Lanka

Client-supplied indicators are shown as a chart with an accessible table alternative, each carrying its own source and update date.

Sri Lanka — AI ecosystem indicators

Composite indicators covering policy maturity, capacity, connectivity and documented public-sector deployments.

  • National AI policy maturity58
  • Research & training capacity61
  • Meaningful connectivity49
  • Public-sector AI deployments23
Source: Observatory indicator set (demonstration data)Last updated: 30 August 2026View methodology

Responsible AI in practice

Initiatives documented in Sri Lanka

  • Responsible AI Use CasePilot

    Human-in-the-loop review for welfare eligibility triage

    A public agency introduced automated triage for social protection applications, paired with a mandatory caseworker review step and a published appeals route.

    Country
    Sri Lanka
    Sector
    Public Sector
    Organization
    National Digital Policy Secretariat
    Human OversightTransparencyAccountability
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Research

Publications covering Sri Lanka

Organizations

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People and experts

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  • A. Perera

    Senior Research Fellow

    Colombo Institute for Digital Policy

    AI GovernanceData GovernancePublic Sector
  • M. de Silva

    Policy Adviser

    National Digital Policy Secretariat

    AI GovernanceAI Readiness

Datasets

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  • DatasetOpen

    Regional AI policy tracker

    Structured record of national AI strategies, guidelines and draft regulation across South and Southeast Asia, with status and responsible institution.

    Format
    CSV, JSON
    Coverage
    Selected countries · 2018–2026
    AI GovernanceData Governance

    Updated 30 Aug 2026Observatory policy research team

  • DatasetOpen

    Language coverage benchmark for regional models

    Evaluation results for a fixed prompt set across South and Southeast Asian languages, recording coverage and task performance by language.

    Format
    CSV
    Coverage
    12 languages · single evaluation round
    InclusionResponsible Innovation

    Updated 4 Dec 2025Dhaka Centre for Technology and Society

  • DatasetOpen

    Public-sector AI deployment register

    Documented deployments of AI systems in public services, including sector, status, oversight arrangement and disclosure level.

    Format
    CSV, JSON
    Coverage
    Selected countries · rolling updates
    AI GovernanceAI Readiness

    Updated 2 Sep 2026Observatory country research teams

Events

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