Carme Artigas Explained

Carme Artigas
Birth Name:Carme Artigas Brugal
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Businessperson

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

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 19 December 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-01-24 . Carme Artigas, la gurú de la transición digital . 2023-11-05 . La Vanguardia . es.
  2. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Carme Artigas deja la secretaría de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial para regresar a la empresa privada . 2023-12-19 . EXPANSION . es.
  3. News: 2020-01-14 . Carme Artigas y Roberto Sánchez, secretarios de Estado de digitalización y telecomunicaciones . es . El País . 2023-11-05 . 1134-6582.
  4. Web site: 2023-10-27 . Carme Artigas copresidirà el nou òrgan de l'ONU de governança en Intel·ligència Artificial . 2023-11-05 . Via empresa . ca.
  5. Web site: Nations . United . AI Advisory Body . United Nations . en.
  6. News: Faiola . Anthony . Zakrzewski . Cat . 2023-12-09 . E.U. reaches deal on landmark AI bill, racing ahead of U.S. . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-12-09 . 0190-8286.
  7. http://www.ecfr.eu/council/members Members