Safeguarding Digital Public Infrastructure in the Age of AI

2026

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1) This brief argues that AI's ability to connect public systems cheaply necessitates building safeguards directly into shared infrastructure to ensure data is only shared when necessary and in a secure, understandable manner.
2) - Explores the dual nature of AI in public services: enabling wider access versus automating exclusion.
- Details the critical importance of semantic alignment and standardized vocabularies for safe system connections.
- Advocates for embedding enforceable safeguards within infrastructure rather than relying on external controls.
3) AI, Public Infrastructure, Safeguards, Data Sharing, Digital Services

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