Category: Data & AI

Scotland’s emergency services workers are to be assisted by an AI-powered application to help them deal with the effects of trauma in their jobs. Researchers at Strathclyde University are working…

A panel of experts spanning AI, digital technology and the public sector have been unveiled as judges for the first Futurescot AI Challenge. Industry, government and academic expertise will help…

The Scottish Government has published a set of ethical guidelines for the use of public sector data – including by third party and commercial organisations. Members of the public contributed…

A new talent academy at the University of Edinburgh will support the ‘next generation of AI experts’. Five scholarships have been offered to students at the university thanks to a…

The Open Data Institute – founded by two of Britain’s foremost computer scientists – has called on the new government to adopt a five-point plan on AI. The ODI –…

This is the second of three articles that provide practical considerations for anyone submitting an application to the Futurescot AI Challenge. The steps below are designed to be undertaken in…

AI is a ‘public good’ and shouldn’t be left to Big Tech companies whose technology innovations often disappear behind proprietary walls, a leading medical expert has warned. Dr Jonathan Millar…

Geospatial data will be in the spotlight from next month with the launch of a series of Scottish ‘fringe events’. Scotland has the highest demand for geospatial skills in the…