The departure hall at Shanghai high speed rail. And you wonder why Chinese guests aren't exactly blown away by Paddington.

We're excited to share that we will be working with GPAI and CEIMiA to support governments to responsibly  share data for AI innovation.

Open Data Charter new strategy is out! We are so happy to be sharing it with our network 🎉

We invited Gabriela Ramos, Francine Bennett, and Lama Arabiat to share their perspectives on the future of AI at a recent webinar on Navigating AI Readiness. Francine spoke about the equitable distribution of benefits by integrating AI into public services. oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/w…

✨Revisiting Insights from the 2023 Government AI Readiness Index and Global Experts✨ At our recent webinar, Gabriela Ramos Gabriela Ramos from UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 emphasised the importance of governments assessing their AI readiness. 🎥 Full recording on our website 👇oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/w…

🧵We're continuing our series on regional findings from the 2023 Government AI Readiness Index! Today's region: Sub-Saharan Africa.

💡Reminder: you can watch a recording of our 1st March AI readiness event here: oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/w…

Do I know any good freelance data viz folk? Relatively small bounded brief

GDS is hiring a Head of Security Engineering 🌟🔍🚀 Help us bring #ShiftLeft and #DevSecOps approaches to our pioneering digital services. Use your expertise to shape the future of digital government and make a significant impact. Apply by 24 Mar. Details
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I suspect many AI projects will end up in ruin because its developers are just muddling around getting their dopamine hits from the deluge of micro-events about AI. They focus only on the trees but can't see the forest!

🧵Continuing with our series of regional findings from the 2023 Government AI Readiness Index, let’s delve into East Asia!

Don't forget to sign up for our event on March 1st, where you can hear insights from our expert panel on public sector AI readiness!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-g…

The sunset tonight was pretty special

📢 Exciting News! Introducing our second speaker: Francine Bennett, fhr, Interim Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute.

🗓 Join us on 1st March, for our webinar 'Navigating AI Readiness: Insights from the 2023 Index and Global Experts.'

Register here 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-g…

🌟 Join us in 2 weeks for our Webinar: 'Navigating AI Readiness: Insights from the 2023 Index and Global Experts'!

In the coming days, we'll reveal our speakers. Meet our 1st panellist, Gabriela Ramos, a global leader in AI governance 🌐.

👉 oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/w…

🧵Next in our series on regional findings from the 2023 Government AI Readiness Index: the Middle East & North Africa!

💡Remember to register for our 1st March event to hear our expert panel's thoughts on public sector AI readiness! eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-g…

Introducing the new Innovation Clusters Map & report 📈

Developed by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in collab w/ Cambridge Econometrics, Data City & the Innovation Caucus, this project offers key insights into the UK's innovation ecosystem.

Explore the interactive map at innovationclusters.dsit.gov.uk

Exciting to see the launch of UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳's Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory at the Global Forum on #AiEthics in Slovenia yesterday!

Check out Richard Stirling's piece for UNESCO on how the new observatory contributes to public sector AI readiness 👇 unesco.org/en/articles/ev…

Doing some v quick analysis. Anyone have the stat for the hourly cost of a UK civil servant (for a cost benefit analysis so the ‘fully loaded cost’, not the simple hourly rate)

📣We’re thrilled to be hosting our first government AI readiness event in the next few weeks! Watch this space for more details to be announced soon.

🧵Ahead of the event, we’ll be sharing regional findings from the 2023 Government AI Readiness Index. First up is North America!

What is the best way to learn a new language these days? What is better than Duolingo?

Thanks UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 for spotlighting the 2023 Government AI Readiness Index!

As our index highlights, UNESCO is doing critical work on responsible AI readiness with its Readiness Assessment Methodology and Ethical Impact Assessment.
unesco.org/en/articles/un…