The London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) has launched a survey to explore what good and appropriate practices in using generative AI (artifical initelligence) for local government
might be.
Since its launch last year, ChatGPT, which is built on Open AI’s GPT algorithm, has attracted more than 100 million users. Unlike other types of technology uptake, the
users will be spread across councils and not necessarily from ‘digital’ or ‘IT’
teams. For example, generative AI might help individuals to write briefings,
identify problems in coding, or create visual designs for communication campaigns.
However, these types of generative AI must also be used
responsibly. The algorithms may be trained on or produce harmful or biased
content, and have flaws hard-wired in like ‘hallucination’, where the algorithm
‘makes up’ information to respond to a prompt.
The LOTI survey will gain an initial understanding of the use of AI in local government and emerging issues. They are keen to hear thoughts, ideas, or feedback from anyone with a
view on the use and accompanying responsibility for local government, in
particular, those from:
- Local government (or other public sector) from the UK and
beyond
- Developers of generative AI who are creating use cases
- Researchers or academics
- Civil society, community groups or campaigners.
You can complete the LOTI survey here (survey will remain open until 26 May)