What AI Solutions Allow Companies and Organizations in Lithuania to Use Personal Data Safely

 

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“In the near future, all organizations that use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to solve their tasks will be required to follow the European Union AI regulation (EU AI act) adopted in 2024 and ensure risk management of the information processed by it, as well as other requirements. The IBM watsonx.governance module has already been adapted for organizations to operate in accordance with the EU AI regulation and solve related tasks. On December 10, IBM, together with UAB S2P and Arrow, is organizing a free event in Vilnius, where they will introduce the latest AI technologies and the requirements of the EU AI regulation.

 

Why AI is a concern

 

“It is natural that businesses are also increasingly using AI, for example, to plan marketing campaigns or manage production lines.

 

However, there is an area where AI is not yet so widely used. These are activities that use confidential personal-level data. Many organizations would be happy to use AI tools more widely if they felt more secure about the appropriate use of this data: what if that data were used to create an AI knowledge base and presented to other users as facts to support decisions,” asks Dalius Butrimas, director of S2P, a company that has been providing business analytics (BI), planning/budgeting and AI solutions and their implementation for more than 15 years.

 

“The fact that AI operates on the cloud principle does not add trust. After all, the organization’s primary data must be uploaded to AI servers operating in the cloud, and the physical location of the servers is not in Lithuania. For the public sector, which operates with sensitive data, such as a person’s name, surname, personal identification number, amounts of taxes paid, etc., it is important that the data is stored in Lithuanian state data centers. Naturally, the provision of this data to AI operating on the cloud principle causes a feeling of anxiety,” says the head of S2P.

 

AI tools bite state institutions and companies

 

D. Butrimas points out that Lithuania already has state data centers that provide services on the cloud principle. It is especially important that they are located in Lithuania and the security of the information systems operating in them is taken care of at the state level. Therefore, the question arises: is it possible to install AI tools in these cloud centers that, based on the data already available there, would provide useful insights or automate a number of processes for public sector organizations?

 

"In fact, such AI tools already exist. For example, the IBM AI module Watsonx.ai from the international corporation provides the opportunity to install it in state cloud centers or even on servers owned by a larger organization.

 

Yes, processing AI algorithms requires a lot of resources. It is difficult to even say what amount of resources are used to process Chat GPT requests, - explains the head of S2P. - However, it turns out that this problem is also being solved. After all, the need for resources is directly related to the set of tasks being solved, i.e. if we set the task for AI to provide answers to all the world's questions, then obtaining answers will require enormous resources.

 

However, if we dedicate AI only to specialized tasks in a certain area, which will be related only to the organization's activities, the need for resources decreases drastically and becomes affordable even for individual larger companies."

 

IBM Watsonx.ai enables companies and organizations to use AI within their company, just like any information system or registry that stores sensitive data. IBM Watsonx.ai is being developed specifically with an eye on companies and organizations, so that they can safely use all the benefits of AI and feel secure about the use of data.

 

“In the near future, all organizations that use AI tools to solve their tasks will be required to follow the European Union Artificial Intelligence Regulation (EU AI act) adopted in 2024. Organizations will have to ensure risk management of information processed by AI. The IBM watsonx.governance module has ready-made solutions for solving these tasks and is adapted for organizations to operate in accordance with the EU AI regulation. This module allows you to manage the security and risks of AI information on any platform, as required by the EU AI regulation,” the head of S2P points out.

 

Lithuanian companies will share their experience in using AI solutions

 

The above-mentioned solutions are already used in Lithuania.

 

S2P, together with the National Education Agency, used AI to perform automated analysis of unstructured school evaluation reports. There are huge amounts of various useful information in reports prepared by auditors, managers or other specialists. Due to their large volume (there may be thousands or even hundreds of thousands of printed pages), it is impossible for a person to process all the information and assess it qualitatively. AI helped to systematize information, identify common indicators and perform their assessment. AI provides an opportunity to review primary sources of information (documents) and verify the validity of the established assessment. AI opens up opportunities to analyze information available on social networks and the Internet. Decisions made by managers – whether they are company managers or ministers – based on comprehensive analysis are likely to be accurate and effective.

 

The benefits, tools and experience of using AI solutions will be discussed in more detail at a free event on December 10. IBM, together with S2P and Arrow, is organizing a working breakfast to introduce the latest AI technologies. At the event, a representative of the State Enterprise Lithuanian Airports will present the advantages of the newly implemented planning and budgeting system, a representative of the State Enterprise Registers Centre will share their work experience with the IBM Knowledge catalog, and IBM representatives will comment in more detail on the nuances of EU AI regulation and how they can be addressed with IBM watsonx.governance.

 

The event will take place on December 10 at 9 a.m. at the Radisson Blu hotel on Konstitucijos Ave. in the capital. You are invited to register for the event by writing an email to info@s2p.lt.”