GOV.UK. DSIT, acting through the Commercial Innovation Hub for MHCLG, published a tender for “Augmented Planning Decisions”, seeking an AI-augmented tool to assist planning officers with policy research, citation and report generation, material-considerations analysis, and reasoned recommendations, explicitly framed around verifiability and integration into existing planning systems.
Cases
Northern District of California. A Northern District of California judge’s civil standing order explicitly addresses AI use by counsel, emphasising lawyer responsibility for accuracy and compliance duties even where generative tools are used, reflecting institutional “adoption” of AI governance constraints inside litigation workflow.
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. A US District Court judge’s published practice materials include a “Standing Order Regarding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Court Filings”, signalling court-level operational requirements (disclosure and verification norms) as AI becomes routine in drafting.
Academia
House of Commons. The Public Accounts Committee’s evidence-based report on the “Use of AI in government” remains a strong governance reference point for course and compliance framing, particularly on transparency (including uptake issues around the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard), legacy systems, and cross-government capability gaps.
USCourts.The Judicial Conference process continues to surface AI as a procedural governance issue (including how courts manage practice directions and compliance burdens), supporting the trend toward AI-specific local rule and standing-order controls in litigation practice.
Takeaway
Governments are moving AI into core administrative decision workflows through procurement, while courts are hardening professional responsibility rules to manage AI-assisted legal work. The practical centre of gravity is verifiable reasoning, traceable outputs, and auditable responsibility rather than “black box” automation.
Sources: GOV.UK, digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu, judiciary.uk, committees.parliament.uk, uscourts.gov, cand.uscourts.gov, cod.uscourts.gov, find-tender.service.gov.uk