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20
Jun
Article

Are We Privatising Our Institutional Memory?

Posted on June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 by Julian Tait

I was on a panel earlier this week about the use of AI in the public sector when a question from the audience crystallised something that has been troubling me

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Posted in Article  |  Tagged ai, automated decision-making, capture, Data governance, future of work, public sector, society, technology
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30
Jul
Projects

Putting citizens at the heart of automated decision-making – new principles launched!

Posted on July 30, 2024August 8, 2024 by Mat Basford

When a decision is made that affects us, we hope the people involved are thinking carefully about its impact. But it isn’t always a human who is doing the legwork. Algorithms,

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Posted in Projects  |  Tagged ai, automated decision-making, public engagement
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03
Nov
Projects

Creating public engagement standards for automated decision-making

Posted on November 3, 2023May 31, 2024 by Julian Tait

Increasingly algorithms are being used to automate decision-making in the public sector. Sometimes they are used to support humans to make final decisions, sometimes decision-making is entirely automated. These systems

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Posted in Projects  |  Tagged accountability, ai, automated decision-making, GMCA, public engagement, public sector
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