Smart solutions for land register

Bidding to reduce time and costs for citizens, artificial intelligence is being introduced for the first time in a public body, the land registry. 

Addressing the last cabinet meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred extensively to the reform of the land registry, saying that the next step is "smart ideas and solutions on how to correct documents and speed up decisions."

Its implementation will also serve as a guide to what can happen in the future in public administration.

The key innovation that AI will introduce in the land registry is that there will be a clear reduction in the time it takes to process a case, reduced from the current 20 to 30 minutes to just 10 minutes.

First and foremost, AI will be able to quickly read and interpret a contract content in plain language, as well as recognize the type of deed. Second, it will...