Carme Artigas

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Carme Artigas
Carme Artigas as a TEDxSpeaker
Carme Artigas as a TEDxSpeaker
Born
Carme Artigas Brugal

1968
Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationBusinessperson

Carme Artigas Brugal (Vilassar de Mar, 5 April 1968) is a Spanish executive, politician and businesswoman, primarily dedicated to the technology sector.[1]

Political career[edit]

From 2020 to 2023, Brugal served as Spain's Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, as well as president of the National Cybersecurity Institute and the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence. She announced her resignation and departure back to the private sector on December 19, 2023.[2]

She is also an ambassador in Spain for the Women in data science conferences at Stanford University and a member of the Data ideas factory innovation network of Columbia University.[3]

In November 2023, Brugal was appointed co-chair of the AI Advisory Body of the United Nations, a new body looking "undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of AI".[4][5] Later, in December 2023, Artigas led and coordinated the negotiations for the approval of an Artificial Intelligence Act to regulate AI at European level, in the context of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.[6]

Other activities[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Carme Artigas, la gurú de la transición digital". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  2. ^ "Carme Artigas deja la secretaría de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial para regresar a la empresa privada". EXPANSION (in Spanish). 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  3. ^ "Carme Artigas y Roberto Sánchez, secretarios de Estado de digitalización y telecomunicaciones". El País (in Spanish). 2020-01-14. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  4. ^ "Carme Artigas copresidirà el nou òrgan de l'ONU de governança en Intel·ligència Artificial". Via empresa (in Catalan). 2023-10-27. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  5. ^ Nations, United. "AI Advisory Body". United Nations.
  6. ^ Faiola, Anthony; Zakrzewski, Cat (2023-12-09). "E.U. reaches deal on landmark AI bill, racing ahead of U.S." Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.