“The connection between AI and suptech is very natural,” Sandro Gogaladze, artificial intelligence engineer at the National Bank of Georgia, tells Central Banking. Joining him on Tech Talk is Varlam Ebanoidze, head of the fintech and supervisory technology development department. They explain how the National Bank of Georgia focuses on three things when it comes to AI adoption, both internally and externally: competition and inclusion; explainability; and AI in suptech. Open banking is seen as a