Talking about the brief
This technology enables prediction, automation, and personalization
What is AI?
This Indian initiative uses AI to break language barriers and make digital public services accessible in many local languages
What is Bhashini?
We have worked in this country with innovators leveraging both AI and DPI
What is Nigeria?
The first step policymakers are advised to take.
What is Assess where your country is?
Who is Howard at Gates?
DIAL defines this as an approach to establishing foundational systems that work for people
What is DPI?
This national initiative is an example of a government effort to build AI capacity through compute, data, talent, and governance to support large-scale public AI systems
What is the India AI Mission?
We are working with this recently-convened group to see how we can help scale the uptake of AI solutions that will work for Africa
What is the Africa AI Council?
The second step for policymakers
This 9-member group provided guidance into the research and final products.
Who is the Advisory Council?
This is what we call the increasing interaction between AI and DPI
What is the AI-DPI convergence?
This case study shows how India is enabling AI training on sensitive data using consent-based sharing without moving the data.
What is DEPA for Training?
This DIAL tool complements this brief.
What is the AI Readiness tool?
Policymakers should identify one entity or individual with convening power across AI and DPI to advance this.
What is coordination?
We did over 30 of these as a key part of the research into the brief.
What are consultations?
The primary and secondary audiences for this brief.
What are African policymakers and all other policymakers navigating the convergence of AI and DPI?
This case study highlights how smaller countries can experiment with AI–DPI integration to improve public services even without advanced DPI
What is The Gambia?
What is CDPI?
Policymakers can start with this part of the brief to evaluate readiness across key dimensions.
What is the self-assessment worksheet?
What is the DPI Summit?
The brief describes these 4 dimensions across which AI and DPI are converging?
What are data, technology, governance, and people?
This case study highlights the need to update governance frameworks to ensure public benefit of private sector uses of AI in areas like financial fraud detection
What is Nigeria?
What is ASIN?
Liability is a key challenge with integrating AI into DPI since there is less transparency. This safeguard can help.
What are redress mechanisms?
These team members at DIAL are responsible for dissemination and uptake of this work.