According to the government artificial intelligence (AI) readiness index rankings, the United Kingdom (UK) is the highest ranked Western European country in 2022, with an index score of *****. This means that the UK is considered the best-situated country in Western Europe to implement AI within public services, from healthcare to education to transportation. Other noteworthy countries with high indexes were Finland, France, and Germany coming in at second, third, and fourth respectively.
According to the source, the fundamental pillars of government AI readiness are the following:
1. The Government needs to be willing to adopt AI, and able to adapt and innovate to do so;
2. The Government needs a good supply of AI tools from the technology sector; and
3. These tools need to be built and trained on high quality and representative data, and need the appropriate infrastructure to be delivered to and used by citizens.
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