Public observatory
The catalog documents 39 initiatives and separates verified adoption from announcements under review and ecosystem capabilities.
What the evidence shows
AI systems or components with evidence of pilot or operational execution.
Announcements, pilots or reported systems whose technique, execution or current status still needs confirmation.
Digital infrastructure, research, training, governance and digitization related to AI.
Observatory context
Featured evidence
A short entry point into the full catalog, selected through a public and reproducible rule.
Selection rule: most recently verified; ties are ordered by documentary date and identifier.
Institutional assistant for public inquiries. Its policy documents language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), classification and rules. The integrated chat answered an ENIA inquiry with a link in a spot check on October 1, 2026; this does not measure overall accuracy.
Verified
Open evidence recordMunicipal assistant whose official disclosure identifies generative AI, GPT technology and API integration. Access is integrated into the portal and it answered an opening-hours inquiry in a spot check on October 1, 2026. This check does not measure overall accuracy.
Verified
Open evidence recordAccording to the Judicial Branch, it processed 1,302,899 filings from January 1 through November 29, 2024. The institution links its standardized use to improved response times, but the source does not isolate the Classifier's causal effect from other management measures.
Verified
Open evidence recordCountry reading
Public architecture
Costa Rica already has principles, strategy, technical guidelines and institutional adoption. The pending gap is turning that framework into shared, verifiable and actionable procedures for public institutions.
Last update: October 2026
Country FrameworkLegislative activity
The legislative inventory is audited and corrected to 7 bills specifically or directly related to AI: 4 with committee reports and 3 in committee, none passed.
Latest recorded change:
Verified:
LegislationPublic log
The three latest entries in the editorial record, with date and provenance.
Project
INA's Hello Brete is added under review, separately from SNE/Brete.
Resource
INA's ENIA note acknowledges Hello Brete as adjacent evidence, without attributing it to the official target or adding an established match.
Indicator
AILA 2026 is added as a national assessment separate from ILIA: Systematic stage and three readiness pillars on a 0–5 scale.
Observatory index
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