# AI in Government This note is where I keep a list of interesting ways artificial intelligence is being used or could be used in the public sector. These examples help me think about how AI might improve services, save time, or solve complex problems in government. --- ## Entries **[[2025-05-10]]**: learned about "[Waves](https://demos.co.uk/waves-tech-powered-democracy/)," a major new UK project described as a large-scale digital democratic experiment directly involving local government. The initiative is supported by partners including [[Demos]], local councils like Camden and South Staffordshire, and AI tech providers [Remesh](https://www.remesh.ai/) and [PSI](https://psi.tech/), and aims to help local governments engage thousands of residents in complex decision-making. Waves addresses the typically high cost and time involved in traditional public deliberation by employing AI-powered platforms in a structured, multi-stage process. **[[2025-05-09]]**: explored a blog post by Gavin Edwards and Liv Livesey, "[Understanding Legislative Networks](https://ai.gov.uk/blogs/understanding-legislative-networks-building-a-knowledge-graph-of-uk-legislation/)...", which details Lex Graph, a project from the UK's Incubator for AI (i.AI), part of the [[UK Government Digital Service (GDS)]]. This open-source tool tackles the challenge of systematically analyzing the UK's complex web of legislative connections, an understanding that typically demands deep expertise. By representing laws and their interrelations as a knowledge graph, Lex Graph offers quicker, data-driven insights into legislative structures, aiming to make legal texts more accessible and understandable.