FORMATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN UKRAINE

The article analyses the processes of forming and implementing of public policy in the field of artificial intelligence in Ukraine during 2020-2024, examining the key strategic documents including the Concept of Artificial Intelligence Development in Ukraine (2020) and Action Plan for the Implementation of the Concepts for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Ukraine for 2021-2024. A significant gap between strategic vision and practical implementation has been identified: only 4 out of 11 planned measures have been fully implemented. In legal regulation, the evolution towards a «bottom-up» model with gradual harmonization with EU legislation by 2027 has been traced. The state of policy implementation in education, where educational courses have been created, but their systematic integration into educational programs is lacking, and in science, which is characterized by fragmented cooperation with international research centres, has been analysed. In the economic sphere, a delay from the defined terms has been revealed – only the concept of the State Targeted Scientific and Technical Program for the Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Priority Sectors of the Economy for the Period Until 2026 has been approved. In the security sphere, progress in implementing AI in cybersecurity is observed, while problems with information security remain. The situation in public administration is identified as particularly problematic, where there are no practical results in implementing the tasks defined by the Concept. In the field of justice, the limited nature of the implementation of the «CASSANDRA» system and the lack of current information on its functioning have been revealed. The most successful implementations are recognized in the defence sector, where Ukraine has become one of the world leaders in using AI technologies on the battlefield, and in healthcare, where a number of diagnostic and telemedicine systems have been implemented. A new wave of strategic documents from 2024 has been examined – the Strategy for Digital Development of Innovation Activity and the draft Strategy for the Development of Innovation Activity, which demonstrate the similar problems of inconsistency between strategic goals and practical implementation mechanisms. The uneven implementation of AI across different sectors, the lack of systematicity in strategic planning, and the formal approach to reporting on the implementation of measures have been identified, which emphasizes the need to improve monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to achieve the defined strategic goals.