The Committee on Standards in Public Life (the
"Committee") has published a report on artificial
intelligence ("AI") and its impact on public standards
following the Committee's review into this fast-developing
field (the "Report"). The Report sets out the
Committee's recommendations for the governance and regulation
of AI in the public sector, aimed at ensuring high standards of
conduct across all areas of public sector practice.
The Report comes at a time when public bodies continue to
increasingly seek to adopt technologically assisted and data-driven
decision-making in varied sectors. This trend looks set to
continue, albeit with many potential uses of AI in the public
sector still at the development or 'proof-of-concept'
stage. Although work on the ethical use of data is already being
carried out by various organisations such as The Alan Turing
Institute, the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) and the
Information Commissioner's Office, the Report
