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Semi-Finalist Demos

At the Semi-Finals, all the teams created working digital models of their ideas, then presented them to the Judging Panel. You can see their working demos in the videos below:

 
 

Casework compliance assistant

AI guidance and support with data analysis, verification and processing for DWP benefits teams

 
 

FOI request assistant

Multi-agent AI to aid triage, costing, data-gathering, and response drafting for Freedom of Information requests

 
 

Fraudulent document detection

AI verification service to identify documentation that has been tampered with or falsified

 
 

Virtual personas for policy testing

Creation of AI personalities to explore the views and reactions of various demographics

 
 

Codified digital solution assurance

Tackling fragmentation, complexity and duplication in assurance processes with a cross-government rules engine

 
 

Offshore wind adaptation to protect wildlife

Using cameras and AI to safeguard protected birds approaching wind turbine arrays

 
 

AI for capability discovery

Using AI to scale advanced analysis of complex open data for early capability insights

 
 

Real-time weather event impact intelligence

Using data from government and open sources to track flooding and other extreme weather