Results from an AI survey that CAST is doing every year on organisations in the social sector in the UK. It asks some interesting questions, some of which I’ve used in my own survey.

164 responses from senior organisational leaders.

53% of respondents had already used AI in their organisation’s operations or projects, and a further 20% were planning to do so. The most common usages were content and copy based: creating or editing content, transcribing or summarising copy, and checking spelling and / or grammar.

Just 6% of respondents stated that their organisation already had an AI policy in place (although 25% were in the process of formulating one).

And only 20% stated that their organisation was actively involved in conversations and / or policy-making regarding ethics in AI. It was also interesting to note that, whilst the majority of respondents had already used AI within their organisation, only 5.5% stated that they were collecting data on the impact of AI on their beneficiaries.

We’re already aware of the excellent resources being provided by The Civic AI Observatory, Torchbox, Charity Excellence, CharityComms, Promising Trouble, Zoe Amar and SCVO, and we will signpost to these via our platforms and toolkits.