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Sinkevičius appoints advisers for legal and artificial intelligence matters

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius has added Leda Žilinskienė as a legal adviser and Linas Eriksonas as an artificial intelligence adviser.
  • Žilinskienė brings experience in law, public administration, academia and local government, while Eriksonas is an AI specialist and lecturer.
  • Sinkevičius’s advisory team now has 10 members.

Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius has expanded his advisory team with specialists in law and artificial intelligence. Leda Žilinskienė will advise him on legal matters, while Linas Eriksonas will oversee AI issues.

Government spokesman Gedas Salyga confirmed the appointments to ELTA. Žilinskienė has longstanding experience in legal work, public administration, academia and local government. Sinkevičius praised her professional expertise, saying that drafting legislation requires careful and precise assessment.

Eriksonas specializes in artificial intelligence solutions and works as a lecturer. He holds a doctorate from the University of Aberdeen and has more than 10 years of experience advising technology and innovation businesses.

I value Leda Žilinskienė’s accumulated professional skills and experience. Drafting legislation requires very careful and precise assessment.

· Mindaugas SinkevičiusComment on the appointment of his new legal adviser.

“Artificial intelligence has already become an inseparable part of life, so these solutions must be integrated into responsible and efficient government decisions,” Sinkevičius said in a comment delivered by Salyga. He added that Eriksonas’s experience would help turn those visions into reality.

The prime minister’s team now includes 10 advisers covering international relations, relations with the Seimas, family policy, communications, culture, health, information technology, digitalization and youth affairs. Brigita Šlepetienė heads the prime minister’s office, while Tomas Daukantas was delegated to serve as government chancellor. Sinkevičius’s government was formed by the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, the Union of Democrats “For Lithuania” and the Lithuanian Peasants, Greens and Christian Families Union factions.

Artificial intelligence has already become an inseparable part of life, so these solutions must be integrated into responsible and efficient government decisions. I am pleased that Linas Eriksonas’s accumulated experience will help turn these visions into reality.

· Mindaugas SinkevičiusComment on appointing an adviser for artificial intelligence matters.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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