This week, a group of over 200 civil servants, Imperial ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and representatives from global tech companies including Open AI, Google, AWS and Microsoft came together at Imperial College Business School for a three-day hackathon focused on the development of solutions for challenges faced by government departments using generative AI. This hack was run in partnership withÌý, a No10 initiative focused on upskilling civil servants in data science, development and AI whilst delivering insights and innovative solutions to government problems.
Combined teams of civil servants and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ focused one on of eight ‘problem’ areas that government departments face, and were tasked with building potential solutions using generative AI. The areas were Handwritten Correspondence; Legislation; Meetings; Skills; National Situation Centre; Grants & Awards; Major Projects and Communications.
Shortlisted teams pitched their potential solutions to a panel comprising of Professor Mary Ryan and a group of leaders in the tech sector: Paul Willmott, Chair of the UK Government Central Digital & Data Office; Lord Walney, HMG’s Adviser on Political Violence & Disruption and Ben Henshall, Deputy Director, Data Science and AI, Number 10.