Artificial Intelligence

A screengrab of the UK government Minute tool for civil servants

Yes, civil servant: Meet Humphrey, the UK government’s AI package for officials

The artificial intelligence revolution is here. From using ChatGPT to search for information to OtterAI for transcribing and summarising meetings, many workplaces around the world have embraced new digital tools. […]

How AI is transforming governance and service delivery: Five minutes with the head of Nigeria’s civil service

Ahead of the Global Government Leaders’ Forum event taking place in Singapore on 21 January, Global Government Forum caught up with Didi Esther Walson-Jack, head of the Nigerian civil service, about her […]

UK prime minister reveals plan for AI to ‘turbocharge every single element’ of government

The UK prime minister today announced an ambitious plan to make the nation a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI), harnessing the technology to drive growth, improve medical care and […]

Boosting productivity with AI: The year ahead with Mark Schaan, Canada’s deputy secretary for AI

 In this ‘Five Minutes With’ series, we interview senior civil servants about their achievements in 2024 and goals for the year ahead. This interview features Mark Schaan, deputy secretary to the […]

The tAIxman: how AI is transforming Ireland’s revenue collection 

Finance departments can be slow to adopt new technologies but in the land where the computer was first conceived, Ireland’s Revenue agency is finding a host of applications for artificial […]
Jeffrey Saviano, who leads the Emerging Technology Strategy and Governance Practice at EY consulting speaking at GovernmentDX

The case for a Hippocratic Oath for artificial intelligence

Two millennia ago, Hippocrates devised an oath to bind practitioners of the emerging practice of medicine. Now a modern equivalent is required to address the equally transformational arrival of AI, […]

Trump combines AI and crypto in White House ‘czar’ role

US president-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of an artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto ‘czar’ as he prepares to return to the White House next month. Trump, who has evolved […]

Generative AI could worsen regional divides, OECD warns

Generative AI could widen productivity and income gaps between cities and rural areas across a host of developed countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a […]

Australian government workers save an hour a day in large generative AI trial

Australian public servants who took part in a six-month trial of generative AI reported that it saved them an average of an hour a day. The trial made Microsoft 365 […]

AI in the public sector: from black boxes to meaningful transparency

Getting transparency right around AI isn’t just good for democracy, it’s good for the public sector too, writes Imogen Parker, associate director at the Ada Lovelace Institute Within AI research […]