Community and institutions
Research centres, university laboratories, scientific communities and the Greek research diaspora form the environment in which AI develops.
Room 8, from language technology to national infrastructure
Artificial intelligence in Greece
Modern Greek AI did not begin with a chatbot. Its story runs through language technology and research, open Greek language models, public-sector applications and national computing infrastructure.
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Beyond models: the Greek AI ecosystem
The history of AI in Greece is not only a sequence of technological achievements. The ten exhibits can also be read through three strands that require continuing documentation.
Public policy and infrastructure
National strategies, computing infrastructure and European programmes shape what systems can be built and under what conditions.
Society and rights
AI in public administration, work and citizen services raises questions of transparency, accountability, surveillance and equal treatment.
These strands are a curatorial frame, not standalone exhibits. New records will be added only when there is sufficient evidence and a clear museological reason.
Exhibits in this room
EUROTRA: machines translate Greek
A small Greek team of linguists and computer scientists joins the European EUROTRA project to build machine translation between Community languages. This work becomes a starting point for organised Greek language technology.
SKEL: a Greek AI laboratory
SKEL is founded at NCSR Demokritos and grows into one of Greece’s largest AI research labs, working on intelligent information systems, data analysis and human-computer interaction.
The Institute for Language and Speech Processing
The EUROTRA team gains a permanent institutional home with the creation of ILSP. Its work expands from translation to speech, language resources, culture and human-machine interaction.
GreekBERT
Researchers release a BERT model trained specifically on Greek text, showing why a language with far fewer digital resources than English benefits from dedicated models and evaluation.
The Archimedes Unit
Athena Research Center establishes a unit for basic and applied research in AI, data science and algorithms, linking researchers in Greece and abroad.
mAigov: generative AI in public services
The gov.gr digital assistant brings generative AI into a public service used by citizens at national scale.
Meltemi: an open LLM for Greek
ILSP introduces Meltemi, an open large language model designed for Greek, highlighting the challenge of languages with fewer digital resources.
Krikri: the next Greek LLM
Llama-Krikri extends the effort with more Greek training data, a larger context window and broader capabilities, while remaining openly available.
PHAROS: the Greek AI Factory
Greece joins the European AI Factories network with PHAROS, focusing among other areas on Greek language and culture, health and sustainability.
DAEDALUS: computing power in Greece
The DAEDALUS supercomputer brings new national computing capacity for science and AI. In the June 2026 TOP500 it ranks 31st with measured performance of 85.69 petaflops.