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AI and the Future of Social Protection

Even the world’s most developed social protection systems face challenges in effectively reaching everyone in need of support. Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform social protection by facilitating access to benefits, improving the quality and efficiency of services, and freeing up public service providers to spend time where they are needed most. It also brings considerable risks and challenges, with concerns that AI could dehumanise social protection. Effective policies and governance will be needed to steer the trustworthy development of AI in social services.

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