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Artificial Intelligence

Leaders gather for a photo at the AI Summit in Bletchley Park

Governments set out plan to ensure AI safety as US makes bid to lead standards

Government leaders from around the world agreed to ensure safe testing of next generation artificial intelligence (AI) models at the first global AI Safety Summit held in Bletchley Park between […]

AI-generated documents ‘biggest bet’ to improving NHS productivity, ex-director of transformation says

Countless lives could be saved if the UK were to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) that can automatically generate documents and so allow nurses and clinicians to focus on patient care, […]
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Canadian public servants issued guidelines for using generative AI

The Canadian federal government has rolled out a set of guidelines to help officials use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools responsibly at work. The preliminary guidelines define generative AI as […]

Time to transform: exploring the AI readiness of UAE and Japan

At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating in the fourth session […]

‘Across the public sector there is a sense of excitement but also worry, and both feelings are justified’: can governments ensure AI is equitable?

Concerns are growing about artificial intelligence and its ability to exacerbate inequalities. Global Government Forum convened a panel of public servants from around the world for a webinar on how […]
William J Burns, director of the CIA, delivers the Ditchley Annual Lecture in 2023

‘We have to do it faster and better than they do’: CIA chief sets out era of US-China ‘strategic competition’ in AI and beyond

The head of the Central Intelligence Agency has said that harnessing the power of artificial intelligence represents “the most profound transformation of espionage tradecraft since the Cold War” as he […]

One in ten Canadian public servants already using AI for work purposes

More than 10% of Canadian public servants say they have used artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT in their work, Global Government Forum research has found. A survey of 1,320 […]
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AI ‘could shrink UK civil service by two-thirds’ says former UK government HR chief

Rupert McNeil, the former head of human resources for the UK government, has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could replace two-thirds of civil service roles over the next 15 years. […]

AI could deny vulnerable citizens public services, fears EU chief

Artificial intelligence is likely to harm underprivileged citizens most, the European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said, as speculation grows over AI’s threat to humanity. Speaking to the BBC, […]
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Treat AI with ‘same spirit of urgency’ as climate change, says UK PM

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak urged world leaders to view artificial intelligence (AI) with the same humanitarian concern they would climate change during a visit to the White House on […]