All posts tagged "algorithms"

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  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

  • Posted November 12, 2024
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  News in brief: UK government offers training for new ministers, Australia’s Net Zero Economy Authority passes Senate, and more

  Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: UK government offers training to new ministers  Incoming UK government ministers have been receiving training for the first

  • Posted August 29, 2024
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  ‘No analogue jobs’: building cross-government digital capability

  The COVID-19 pandemic created huge demand for digital skills within governments, accelerating an existing global trend. But building a government-wide digital profession is no simple matter. At a recent GGF

  • Posted November 8, 2021
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  UK makes bid to become global AI superpower

  The UK has laid out its first strategy for becoming a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) in order to meet increasing competition in the field from around the world.

  • Posted September 23, 2021
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  Overcoming AI bias to empower an equitable society

  Reasoning frameworks of artificial intelligence used in criminal justice and health care systems move us to rethink how AI can be constructed to help foster an equitable society.  We interact daily with algorithms that

  • Posted August 25, 2021
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  Algorithm and blues: avoiding the traps in new tech

  Algorithms can be immensely valuable in public services; but as the UK’s ill-judged A-levels algorithm demonstrated, badly designed systems can damage citizens and governments alike. At a recent GGF webinar,

  • Posted June 30, 2021
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  Being smart with artificial intelligence: deploying AI in the public sector

  AI has huge potential value in policymaking and service delivery – but the emerging tech has a unique set of risks. At a GGF webinar, civil service leaders from the

  • Posted May 17, 2021
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  Algorithms & accountabilities: an interview with Jonathan Slater, former UK education chief

  Last year, the Department for Education’s use of an algorithm to decide exam results generated huge public anger, resulting in the departure of permanent secretary Jonathan Slater. He tells Matt

  • Posted February 26, 2021
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  How governments can harness the power of open data

  Publishing datasets can help governments support economic outcomes and be more transparent. But ethics and cybersecurity must be baked into their approach, advised experts at a recent DELL webinar When

  • Posted November 9, 2020
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  Major survey highlights Europeans’ fears over AI

  Less than 20% of Europeans believe that current laws “efficiently regulate” artificial intelligence, and 56% have low trust in authorities to exert effective control over the technology, according to a

  • Posted September 16, 2020
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