Data-driven technology
Since March 2020, the CDEI has been monitoring the use of AI and data-driven technology in the UK’s COVID-19 response through two distinct lenses. Firstly, through our COVID-19 repository, which is a database for novel use-cases of artificial intelligence and …
Today the CDEI publishes its report on local government use of data during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report draws together the findings of a forum discussion hosted last year with local authority representatives, and is supplemented by individual interviews and …
In this blog, we highlight how, as proposed in the UK government’s National Data Strategy, the CDEI is increasingly working in partnership with public sector bodies and industry on live projects, and building out its capability to help the government …
Since the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) was established two years ago, engaging with the public has been a core component of our work. For the CDEI to advise on best practice in responsible innovation, we need a …
In a project at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), researchers have built an AI-driven test to screen for COVID-19, in the first hour of a patient arriving at an emergency department. The AI model - trained using laboratory bloods, blood gases, and observations recorded routinely during 115,000 presentations to Oxfordshire’s Emergency Departments - looks for a ‘biochemical and physiological signature’ of COVID-19.
What is the AI Barometer? The CDEI’s AI Barometer is a major analysis of the most pressing opportunities, risks, and governance challenges associated with AI and data use in the UK. The first iteration of the AI Barometer covers five …
