The advent of new technologies in the justice system
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(see Box 4). They differ in size, remit, geographical scope, statutory status, longevity, and resourcing. Three of these bodies are worth mentioning specifically.
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The Office for AI is a joint BEIS-DCMS unit which is tasked with driving “responsible and innovative uptake of AI technologies”61. In September 2021, it published a National AI Strategy which “builds on the UK’s strengths”. It has three main aims: to invest and plan for the long term needs of the AI ecosystem; to support the transition to an AI-enabled economy, and to ensure that “the UK gets the national and international governance of AI technologies right.”62 To this end, a governance White Paper is expected to be published in 2022.
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The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI). The CDEI is a DCMS group tasked with “enabling the trustworthy use of data and AI”. Its three key areas of work are “to pilot new forms of data stewardship and governance”; to increase assurance practices around AI; and, to assist public sector bodies looking to procure technologies— ”facilitating the delivery of transformative data and AI projects in the public sector”.63
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The AI Council is an independent advisory committee which “works to support the growth of AI in the UK” and aims to increase skills, “work on public perception”, and “[explore] how to develop and deploy safe, fair, legal and ethical data sharing frameworks”.64
Office for Artificial Intelligence, ‘About us’: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-forartificial-intelligence/about [accessed 6 February 2022] Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, National AI Strategy (September 2021): https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1020402 [accessed 24 February 2022] Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, ‘About us’: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ centre-for-data-ethics-and-innovation/about [accessed 6 February 2022] HM Government, AI Council: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ai-council [accessed 6 February 2022]
