{"id":12726,"date":"2026-01-28T09:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aire-edih.eu\/?p=12726"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:38:34","slug":"aires-kirke-maar-moves-to-government-office-to-lead-national-ai-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aire-edih.eu\/en\/aires-kirke-maar-moves-to-government-office-to-lead-national-ai-push\/","title":{"rendered":"AIRE&#8217;s Kirke Maar Moves to Government Office to Lead National AI Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Kirke Maar, the long-time director of AIRE (AI &amp; Robotics Estonia), will assume leadership of the Government Office&#8217;s Eesti.ai initiative starting in April. 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