Scotland is to become the first part of the UK to make it mandatory to register any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the public sector.

John Fotheringham, AI Independent Review Project Lead, recounts his journey with AI, from the inception of the Scottish AI Strategy to its in 2024.

Find out how the Scottish Government, in collaboration with NHS 24, took part in a CivTech challenge on enabling more inclusive access to key public services.

Guest blog from Jen Ang, Director of JRS KnowHow and Director of Development and Policy of JustRight Scotland on making a case for a human rights approach to AI governance

Environmental data holds the key to our understanding of policy and could provide the insights needed to deliver change locally and nationally.

Building and using AI systems fairly can be challenging, but is hugely important if the potential benefits from better use of AI are to be achieved. 

This Scotland's Futures Forum podcast, recorded in May 2023, explored the potential impact of AI on our lives and the implications we should consider.

Guest blog from Yazhmozhi V M Vasuki Murugesan at the University of Dundee. Find out about her work creating a novel spell check for the Tamil language.

Blog by Lucille Brown, IEG Chair Policy Support Officer, Unlocking the Value of Public Sector Personal Data (UVOD) programme

CDEI is developing examples of what trustworthy AI looks like in practice. 

Blog by Anna Berti Suman and Stephanie Switzer, authors of a literature review commissioned as part of the Unlocking the Value of Public Sector Data programme.

Earlier this month, the US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (“OSTP”) released its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American People.

The Scottish Government has today announced its latest set of innovators for CivTech 7 including that of the Scottish AI Alliance partnered challenge on the use of AI to enable inclusive access to public services.

The Unlocking the Value of Data programme has been building momentum since its inception in March this year find out more about it in this guest blog.

Standards are an important part of the assurance and risk management framework, and help to ensure that all of our rights are protected and that AI systems continue to be developed and rolled out in an ethical, trustworthy and inclusive way.

Guest blog from Chuks Ododo Community Connecting Manager at DataKirk.

UK Government issues call for views on AI Governance and Regulation

The Scottish Government’s AI team continues its partnership with CivTech Scotland to tackle inequalities by embedding inclusive communication within the public sector.

The Scottish Government’s CivTech programme launched today with over £7 million worth of contract opportunities for tech entrepreneurs.

In the first year of the AI Strategy we have discovered some of the steps and bumps that businesses may encounter on their AI journey.