AI in Government: A shortcut to cuts?

AI in Government: A shortcut to cuts?
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Peter Griffin
Around 50 senior Government bureaucrats from across ten agencies are to undergo a five-week “AI masterclass” over the next two months. That should be welcomed.Our public sector agencies are widely regarded as being slow on the uptake of new technologies and that goes particularly for artificial intelligence.“The literacy of the Government on technology is incredibly low, like very, very poor,” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon admitted at a post-Budget Trans-Tasman Business Circle last week. He’s not wrong. How...

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