Artificial Intelligence proposals

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.036117

I note you seek access to the following information:

Artificial intelligence (AI) describes a range of technologies which may not necessarily be explicitly referred to as AI ..

To assist your inquiries search terms that would capture most AI projects are: “artificial intelligence”, “chatbot”, “LLM” “machine learning”, “deep learning”, “algorithm”, “data analysis” and “analytics”.

Could you please provide:

a) Outline details (project name and purpose and brief description) of any proposals for investment in the application of artificial intelligence to new areas of work, produced in the last two calendar years of which the Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer is aware.

b) Please indicate if each proposal identified in a) was accepted, rejected or remains under consideration and the date (approximate would do) the proposal was made.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

The Digital Data and Technology function signs off any requests for investment in new technology. We have searched the proposals that have come to the Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer (CDDaTO) as chair of the same and identified the following as being relevant to the search terms requested.

It should be noted that in our view the terms ‘data analysis’ and ‘analytics’ are not typically referred to as ‘AI’ and the MPS does not consider those proposals listed as being AI related but the proposals are:

ID: Date Added To Tracker	Paper Details: Paper Subject	Paper Details: Description Of Paper
04/01/2023	MetInsights Enhancements – (analytics tool)	Request for funding for further development work on MetInsights; Create a fully searchable data set for Merlin, and resolve a medium number of technical faults and enhancements for CRIS data.
27/06/2023	CSAS licence renewal – (analytics tool)	Renewal of the MO2 CSAS licences to ensure continuation of service.
10/08/2023	Additional Costs Identified - Moving current CSAS users from standalone devices to Azure Cloud	Scope to move all CSAS users from on premise standalone devices to the MPS Azure Cloud that is currently in use with MO2. Additional cost incurred to build proper pre-production environments, test and deploy latest client version and to complete the project.
28/09/2023	Request to draw on funding to commence deliver key Data Governance foundational work	This paper details 1 key piece of work to be delivered under the overarching RD3 Data Governance Project
12/12/2023	Data Science Project	This paper is seeking approval from the RD3 Board to approve releasing funding to enable scoping and design activities to prioritise Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission Pilots and identify the first three to be evaluated in the Data Science Innovation Hub as part of the New Met for London plan.
09/01/2024	Robotic process automation for Public protection process -Form 87A	This paper sets out the case for delivery of Robotic process automation for Form 87A to replace obsolete manual processes and to provide management information for all UiPath RPA solutions.
09/01/2024	Robotic process automation Public protection process -Form 87B	This paper sets out the case for delivery of Robotic process automation for Form 87B to replace obsolete manual processes.
09/01/2024	Robotic process automation for Public protection process – Sarah’s Law	This paper sets out the case for delivery of Robotic process automation for Sarah’s Law to replace obsolete manual processes
09/01/2024	Robotic process automation for Public protection process – Clare’s Law	This paper sets out the case for delivery of Robotic process automation for Clare’s law to replace obsolete manual processes

There have been no proposals for:
“artificial intelligence”,
“chatbot”,
“LLM”
“machine learning”,
“deep learning”,
“algorithm”,