"Catching up on lost time." This is the observation from which the strategy "LEAP" (Launch, Apply, Advance, and Promote) was born, led by Kamal Shehadi, minister of state for information technology and artificial intelligence, a portfolio created and unprecedented in Lebanon. Meaning "to make a leap," LEAP aims to make the country a regional AI hub within five years."We want to integrate the latest technologies to create government services powered by AI," the minister, who also serves as minister of the displaced, explained to L'Orient-Le Jour, with the aim of improving the efficiency and accuracy of public services. But, in a country in crisis, marked by power cuts, where the internet connection leaves much to be desired, and which still has not digitized its services, there remains a certain...