The UK government could improve productivity through widespread and systematized uptake of generative AI, but only if it takes steps to build its expertise and come up with an adoption strategy, a new study has found. Generative AI offers the possibility of “large-scale productivity gains” for UK government workers, but the government lacks an overarching strategy for AI adoption, according to the study, “Use of artificial intelligence in government.” It was prepared by the National Audit Office, an independent agency of the UK’s parliament that functions as a public spending watchdog. Various…