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Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have used AI in the last 12 months.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have used AI in the last 12 months.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Over the last 12 months AI has been used for a variety of purposes in the Department for Transport.The department is participating in a pilot of the Microsoft Copilot AI product with ~230 staff. The pilot is being conducted to determine the benefits of th...

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