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.

The new UK Government AI Standards Hub has been launched and aims to lead in shaping global technical standards for Artificial Intelligence.

The government has launched a consultation to seek evidence and views on copyrights and patents related to artificial intelligence.

Today CivTech announced the 12 winning teams that will go forward into the Scottish Government’s CivTech Accelerator programme!

Curious how you can use ethics to break the cycle of iterations and unlock true innovation in the pursuit of good technology?

Three companies begin exploration phase of CivTech 6’s challenge around trust and agency over AI use in public sector with regards to children and families

Blog from Catriona Campbell, member of the Scottish AI Alliance Leadership Circle

Members of our Leadership Circle discuss the draft EU AI regulations with Chair of the Scottish AI Alliance, Gillian Docherty, OBE.

We ran a workshop with The Data Lab’s MSc cohort on 2 June and here’s some reflection on that event.

A blog from our Leadership Circle member Catriona Campbell

We are delighted today to launch Scotland’s AI Strategy

Our friends at the Democratic Society made a brilliant video about the public engagement programme they designed and delivered for us during the strategy development process.

On 25 November 2020, the Democratic Society held an online panel event to share their insights into their findings during the engagement process for the development of an AI Strategy for Scotland.

As 2020 draws to a close, and we reflect on progress in developing Scotland’s AI Strategy, it felt appropriate to frame our reflections in a similarly spirited way. We look back on the the work that we’ve done this year, what we’re working on and what we look forward to coming next year.

We would love to hear from you about how you think AI technologies can play a role in a post COVID-19 Scotland?

In light of the current COVID-19 situation, we are extending the deadline for responding to the public consultation to 22 May 2020.

The document, The AI of the Possible: Developing Scotland’s AI Strategy, is intended to be a provocation, to stimulate discussion and response from the people and organisations of Scotland.

Output report from the second Steering Committee workshop on 27 November 2019 is now available to view.