Why the emergency services should be part of the ‘great AI super power’
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Hi Reader,
I like reading about AI and it’s been a good week for it with the PM responding to a report about AI opportunities from his new adviser Matt Clifford. I do worry about the dark side of AI - the bias and the climate impacts of the vast computing power required to make it all work.
It’s good to know that leaders in the emergency services are thinking about it too and AI is already being trialed in different pockets of our world. Strikes me it’s a good time to bring those leaders together to create a joint strategic approach – maybe a JESIP for AI? Check out my takeaways from the AI report below.
Catherine Levin, Editor of Emergency Services Times
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