The Policy Innovation Lab believes that AI, used responsibly, can improve policymaking, governance and service delivery. Members of the Lab recently published the CRAFT principles for responsible AI use in government. In this article, we demonstrate an example of how the Lab put these principles into practice when using Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyse South Africa’s national budget. We begin by looking at the analysis itself before discussing the methods for responsible LLM use.
Analysing the National Budget

Seit zehn Jahren steht der Italiener Gianni Infantino als Präsident an der Spitze der Fédération Internationale de Football Association, kurz FIFA.
Er ist nicht nur eine der mächtigsten Personen im Weltsport, sondern auch eine der am stärksten kritisierten – und dennoch so sicher auf seinem Posten wie kaum ein anderer Funktionär.

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

New publications on Transhumanist Anthropocene, Content Creators and Chilling Effects

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

The rapid expansion of generative AI, cloud computing and cryptocurrency is driving unprecedented demand for data centres. Governments increasingly treat these facilities as essential infrastructure and compete to attract them through accelerated permitting, public subsidies and preferential access to energy and land. At the same time, communities are beginning to contest their demands on electricity, water and territory, as well as the secrecy surrounding their environmental and fiscal consequences.

“The inspiration behind having the Summer School was twofold. We want to advance the field of sandboxes — what we call building a science — but we also want to create a community. Those two things reinforce one another.”

— Lorrayne Porciuncula, Executive Director of the Datasphere Initiative.

Navigating fast-moving digital innovation is increasingly a test of institutional adaptability.

Für die Entwicklung neuer Wirkstoffe in der Medizin braucht es Proben – und zwar riesige Mengen an Proben. Sie werden verschiedenen Behandlungen ausgesetzt und anschließend analysiert. Schon für einen einzigen Wirkstoff kann ihre Zahl bis in die Zehntausende gehen.

Who governs artificial intelligence? A reflection from Latin America By Diana Mosquera, Executive Director at Diversa, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data services organisation working at the intersection of data, AI, and applied research. Participating beyond Geneva As the meetings of the first United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance (UNGDAI) came to a close […]