Scottish Public Sector AI Task Force Meeting Feb 2024
Details
The Scottish Public Sector AI Task Force joins together discussions across the public sector on AI to turn them into actionable steps to ensure the safe integration of AI in government operations.
On this page you can find details from the February 2024 Public Sector AI Task Force meeting.
Minutes
13 February 2024, 14:00
Welcome and Updates
The independent review of AI in Scotland is now out for public consultation.
The UK Government white paper consultation response has now been published.
The House of Lords released their report on 2 February on LLM’s and Gen AI
Presentations
Education and Skills – University of Glasgow, Education Scotland, Skills Development Scotland
A new digital strategy for schools is in development incorporating the recent recommendations from the Louise Hayward review, Ken Muir review and James Withers review. Digital skills sit in every sector of the economy and actions will be taken forward from the Digital Economy Skills Action Plan.
Graph Databases and AI - Scottish Government
Developed a solution through a CivTech challenge in bringing together data sets across the policy areas. Currently a business spine is being developed, but other types are being considered.
AOB
Working Groups
A discussion took place on the proposal for working groups. The secretariat will review the topics for consideration and report back to the group.
Recommended reading
AI Independent Review: Call for Views — Scottish AI Alliance
A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: government response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
digital-economy-skills-action-plan.pdf (skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk)
Action Log
| Action | Responsible Officer | Date to be completed |
|---|---|---|
| Review of themes/topics of working groups | Secretariat | 2 July 2024 |