The introduction of artificial intelligence involves not only software and licenses but also investments in people and processes. If AI delivers faster results, greater accuracy, and data security, the cost becomes an investment with returns through savings, fewer errors, and revenue growth. However, although many domestic companies have already recognized the potential, answers to the question of how much AI actually costs and when it delivers measurable results are still rarely heard. This topic is the focus of the cover story in the new issue.
Speaking of artificial intelligence, Albanian Prime Minister Rama introduced a virtual AI minister who will have authority in public procurement. What kind of rebellion would arise within the HDZ if this were introduced in Croatia! How severely would it impact state money allocated to companies and officials who receive bribes for services, writes Miodrag Šajatović, editor-in-chief of Lider, in this week’s ‘Ekonomalije’.
Instead of responding to the decline in productivity and deindustrialization, the EU has become entangled in a vortex of wars, trade tensions, and internal political upheavals, which has pushed economic recovery to the background. We provide an overview of where the EU stands one year after Draghi’s recommendations on closing the innovation gap with China and the USA.
