Dan Peters 13 August 2025

Calls for AI ethics and data ethics boards

Calls have been made for all councils to form artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and data ethics boards.

According to Local Government Association (LGA) research, just one in 10 councils have a data ethics board and 14% had a specific AI ethics board to manage risks.

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