AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAI in Cities: Oxford Insights says cities (including Helsinki and Tallinn) are rolling out AI in public services without a shared way to judge readiness, safety, or accountability, and proposes a City AI Readiness Index. Finland Funding: The EU Commission has greenlit Finland’s fifth Recovery and Resilience Facility payment request for €229.2m, tied to decarbonisation, digitalisation, cybersecurity, healthcare and research. Data Centres & Forests: Finland’s regulator LVV is investigating claims that Google cleared about 300 hectares of forest near Muhos before required environmental review—raising questions for the wider AI infrastructure boom. Health & Work: Kela and the University of Tampere report rising use of ADHD and other nervous-system medicines among Finnish children, while a Finnish Institute of Occupational Health study finds 26% of working Finns face elevated or severe burnout risk. Robotics in Finland: Figure decommissioned humanoid robots by melting them in a 75-ton furnace in Imatra, with Arnold Schwarzenegger involved. B2B AI: University of Turku researchers publish an explainable AI approach to predict B2B sales leads and segment customers for more cost-aware outreach.
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