Government GenAI optimism may be outpacing ability to deploy [Video]

Despite high hopes and dedicated budgets for GenAI, government agencies need to increase guardrails, training; synthetic data could be missed opportunity

CARY, N.C., Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A new global study, Your Journey to a GenAI Future: A Strategic Path to Success for Government from SAS and Coleman Parkes Research, reveals that government agencies lag well behind other sectors in the adoption of generative AI. However, 60% of government respondents believe GenAI will drive innovation, and those that have begun using it are already seeing improvements in employee satisfaction, compliance, and operational costs and time savings.

Despite trailing other sectors by 10% (44% vs. 54%) in the current use of generative AI, the success of these early adopter agencies suggests enormous potential for the technology. Those benefits could arrive soon, with 84% of government decision …