Introduction
Local authorities are keen to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve how they function. There are potentially huge gains to make for local authorities, including on the individual productivity of staff, the overall redesign and reimagination of services and service delivery, cost savings for authorities, and improving our relationship with residents.
LOTI also recognises that to be ambitious with AI also means being ambitious in navigating our specific responsibilities as local authorities. In particular, this means considering how we get the balance right around issues like transparency, trust, ethics and information governance.
To do this, LOTI are developing a programme of work around Responsible AI to help our boroughs be more ambitious users of AI. This LOTI project will respond to the needs identified by our members, in particular around bringing together and sharing ideas and case studies, developing skills, as well as developing common approaches and understandings to using AI better.
LOTI AI Network & Generative AI Adoption Working Group
LOTI runs an AI Network with over 200 officers from London boroughs, and a Generative AI Adoption Working Group within this network that meets monthly to share learnings and discuss common challenges regarding different AI adoption challenges. We also have our Data Science Network which shares learnings between data scientists and engineers, often pertaining to AI or machine learning applications. If you work for a LOTI borough and want to join these groups, you can register to join the here.
