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AI Insights

The AI Insights series offers government departments and public sector organisations technical guidance on implementing AI solutions effectively, safely and securely.

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From:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Government Digital Service
Published:
10 February 2025
Last updated:
3 August 2026
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  1. Added guidance on using AI to manage shared drives.

  2. AI Insights: Large language models (LLMs) Bias published.

  3. AI Insights: Model Distillation published.

  4. AI Insights: RAG Systems published.

  5. Added the document: AI Insights: Using AI to manage the digital heap.

  6. Added the document: AI Insights: AI Coding Assistants for developers in HMG

  7. Added the following documents: AI Insights: Agentic AI AI Insights: Agentic RAG AI Insights: Agentic Workflow AI Insights: Integrated Agents

  8. First published.

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AI Insights: Introduction (HTML)

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AI Insights: Introduction (PDF)

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AI Insights: Large language models (LLMs) Bias (PDF)

PDF, 536 KB, 15 pages

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AI Insights: Large language models (LLMs) Bias (HTML)

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AI Insights: Generative AI (HTML)

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AI Insights: Generative AI (PDF)

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AI Insights: Synthetic Data (HTML)

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AI Insights: Synthetic Data (PDF)

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AI Insights: Prompt Engineering (HTML)

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AI Insights: Prompt Engineering (PDF)

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AI Insights: Prompt Risks (HTML)

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AI Insights: Prompt Risks (PDF)

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AI Insights: Agentic AI (HTML)

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AI Insights: Agentic AI (PDF)

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AI Insights: Agentic RAG (HTML)

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AI Insights: Agentic RAG (PDF)

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AI Insights: Agentic Workflow (HTML)

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AI Insights: Agentic Workflow (PDF)

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AI Insights: Integrated Agents (HTML)

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AI Insights: Integrated Agents (PDF)

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AI Insights: AI Coding Assistants for developers in HMG (HTML)

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AI Insights: AI Coding Assistants for developers in HMG (PDF)

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AI Insights: Using AI to manage the digital heap (HTML)

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AI Insights: Using AI to manage the digital heap (PDF)

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AI insights: Using AI to manage shared drives (HTML)

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AI Insights: RAG Systems (HTML)

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AI Insights: RAG Systems (PDF)

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AI Insights: Model Distillation (HTML)

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AI Insights: Model Distillation (PDF)

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This series complements the AI Playbook for the UK Government and its training resources by focusing on technical topics that were not discussed in the playbook. It explains the terminology and concepts around AI and machine learning (ML), and provides practical advice on how to implement AI solutions in the public sector.

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