Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, during his visit to New Delhi for the AI Impact Summit.
The talks focused on prospects for Greece-US collaboration in AI, wider EU-US technology relations, and the regulatory framework governing AI's societal impact. The two sides also discussed plans by Greece's Public Power Corporation to establish an AI giga factory in Western Macedonia, signalling efforts to reposition former energy regions as high-tech hubs.
Mitsotakis stressed the need to protect minors online as digital technologies rapidly expand. He described protecting children online as a government priority, warning that "we must protect young people from digital addiction". He expressed alignment with France's move to restrict teenagers' access to social media, and indicated that Greece may soon introduce a digital "cut off" for children up to the age of 15.
Calling the rise of artificial intelligence a "technological and cultural revolution", Mitsotakis said that "knowledge about AI and expertise must be shared across the world". He stressed that AI could drive major advances in technology and medicine. Still, he argued that "these benefits must be distributed beyond big companies", with small and medium-sized enterprises and public services also gaining access to AI tools.
He also urged answers to "legitimate concerns about major workforce shifts", insisting that "the story of AI cannot be a story of exclusion but of inclusion". Governments, he said, must modernise their systems, invest in infrastructure and expertise, and promote more open dialogue, as "the countries that succeed will not only be those that build strong models but those that manage them properly".
