{"slug":"hungary","name":"Hungary","short_name":"Hungary","iso_code":"HU","jurisdiction_type":"country","region":"Europe","subregion":"Eastern Europe","overview":"Hungary applies the EU AI Act and adopted a national AI Strategy in 2020 coordinated by the AI Coalition and the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (now the Ministry for National Economy and the Digital Hungary Agency). The National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) is the data-protection authority; AI Act authority designation is in progress.","regulatory_status_summary":"EU AI Act applies; national AI strategy (2020) as policy.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: AI Strategy 2020–2030.","current_priorities":null,"regulators":[{"name":"Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH)","url":"https://www.naih.hu/","role":"Data-protection authority"},{"name":"Mesterséges Intelligencia Koalíció","url":"https://ai-hungary.com/","role":"AI Coalition coordinating the national strategy"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"Hungary's Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2020–2030","publisher":"Ministry for Innovation and Technology / AI Coalition","url":"https://ai-hungary.com/","document_date":"2020-09-08","document_type":"strategy","tier":2}],"related_jurisdictions":["eu","austria","slovakia","romania"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/hungary","source":{"official_source_url":"https://ai-hungary.com/","source_title":"Hungary's Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2020–2030","source_publisher":"Ministry for Innovation and Technology / AI Coalition","source_document_date":"2020-09-08","source_reference":null,"source_tier":2,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"low","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"hungary-artificial-intelligence-strategy-2020-2030","id":"AIPT-POL-0087","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0087","title":"Magyarország Mesterséges Intelligencia Stratégiája 2020–2030","short_title":"AI Strategy 2020–2030","jurisdiction":"hungary","instrument_type":"strategy","status":"adopted","is_binding":false,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Government of Hungary (Ministry for Innovation and Technology)","summary_plain":"Adopted in September 2020, the strategy sets goals to 2030 on data economy, AI research and education, public-sector and industrial adoption, and transformative programmes such as an AI-driven public administration and language technology, coordinated with the AI Coalition of companies, universities and public bodies.","adopted_on":"2020-09-08","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://ai-hungary.com/","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"low","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:24+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/hungary-artificial-intelligence-strategy-2020-2030"}]}