All posts tagged "discrimination"

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  ‘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

  • Posted August 7, 2023
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  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,

  • Posted June 19, 2023
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  ‘Unless you fight for it, it’s not worth it once you get there’: Exclusive podcast with South Africa’s cabinet secretary Phindile Baleni

  Series 3 of Global Government Forum’s Leading Questions starts off with a bang – our first interview for the podcast with a serving cabinet secretary: Phindile Baleni, South Africa’s secretary

  • Posted March 30, 2023
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  Expanding the talent pool: how hybrid work can make public sector jobs a better fit for everyone

  The new hybrid work model has forced employers to think multi-dimensionally about fairness, diversity, and inclusion. And public sector organisations now have a big opportunity to show the way The

  • Posted July 6, 2022
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  Canadian national security forces urged to mend race relations ‘marred by suspicion’

  Canada’s security and intelligence agencies must develop more transparent relationships with ‘racialised’ groups to counter growing mistrust, a report by Canada’s National Security Transparency Advisory Group (NS-TAG) has said. The

  • Posted June 7, 2022
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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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  USA tops AI readiness index

  The USA has been named as the country best prepared to realise the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in public service delivery, topping the 2020 Government AI Readiness Index.

  • Posted September 30, 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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  Employee associations urge US justice department to tackle pay disparities

  US justice department employee associations are urging the department’s leaders to stop asking job applicants for their salary histories, in a bid to stamp out pay disparities among workers. Six

  • Posted September 4, 2020
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  Germany urges tightening of draft European AI regs

  Rules governing artificial intelligence (AI) security at the EU level need to be strengthened to ensure ethical use of the technology, the German government has said. Berlin was responding to

  • Posted July 1, 2020
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