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In this wide-ranging conversation, Beth Noveck argues that universities should become laboratories for democratic problem-solving, where students work with communities to address public challenges. She outlines a vision for \"democratic AI\" that puts public purpose, participation, and impact at the center of technological innovation.","In a conversation with Oliver Escobar at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Beth Noveck argues that universities must move beyond studying society's challenges to become laboratories for democratic problem-solving in the age of AI.",[186],{"team_id":187},{"id":25,"collaborator_type":188,"First_Name":192,"Title":193,"Link_to_bio":194,"Last_Name":195,"featured_resources":196,"Headshot":197},[189,190,191],"author","team","editorial","Beth Simone","Director, The Burnes Center for Social Change","http://thegovlab.org/beth-simone-noveck.html","Noveck",[],{"focal_point_x":198,"id":199,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":200,"width":201,"uploaded_by":202,"height":203,"filesize":204,"metadata":205,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":206,"duration":198,"created_on":206,"filename_disk":207,"filename_download":208,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":210,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":211,"embed":198},null,"5dc5e709-4ce8-4a4b-9511-402cc95d92d8","2023-09-18T20:45:22.105Z",2048,"faa9e172-3535-4c41-b332-675ee0747cab",1151,"880255",{},"2023-09-18T19:45:21.000Z","5dc5e709-4ce8-4a4b-9511-402cc95d92d8.png","Beth-Simone-Noveck-edited.png","cloud","Beth Simone Noveck Edited","image/png","2026-06-08T12:00:00","edinburgh-civic-university",{"focal_point_x":198,"id":215,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":216,"width":217,"uploaded_by":218,"height":219,"filesize":220,"metadata":221,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":222,"duration":198,"created_on":223,"filename_disk":224,"filename_download":225,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":226,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":211,"embed":198},"55d4808b-6ec9-4923-b9c1-281773514937","2026-06-08T04:32:38.147Z",5760,"5e38b89b-9d54-4dd2-acee-d28061fd30a1",3240,"11680846",{},"2026-06-08T04:32:38.145Z","2026-06-08T04:32:33.734Z","55d4808b-6ec9-4923-b9c1-281773514937.png","A _ Wide stage shot _recommended_.png","A   Wide Stage Shot  Recommended ","published",[11,15,4],{"type":181,"id":61,"title":230,"excerpt":231,"one_line":232,"authors":233,"date":254,"slug":255,"image":256,"status":227,"Tags":268,"primary_tag":19},"From digital to AI-enabled government: Kazakhstan's next frontier","Kazakhstan built one of the world’s most advanced digital governments in less than two decades. Now the country is racing into the next phase: AI-enabled governance, sovereign AI infrastructure, and nationwide AI deployment. But this transition is exposing a harder question beneath the ambition: what happens when countries move toward frontier AI systems before large parts of the population have reliable electricity, affordable internet, laptops, or the skills needed to use AI meaningfully?","Kazakhstan’s digital transformation is entering a new phase, from building online government services to building an AI-enabled state",[234],{"team_id":235},{"id":236,"collaborator_type":198,"First_Name":237,"Title":238,"Link_to_bio":239,"Last_Name":240,"featured_resources":241,"Headshot":242},162,"Gulnaz"," founder of the Connect-Ed Foundation and Associate Program Officer at the Internet Society Foundation","https://www.linkedin.com/in/gulnaz-kordanova/","Kordanova",[],{"focal_point_x":198,"id":243,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":244,"width":245,"uploaded_by":218,"height":245,"filesize":246,"metadata":247,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":248,"duration":198,"created_on":249,"filename_disk":250,"filename_download":251,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":252,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":253,"embed":198},"c7a53e94-e650-4d9a-a828-8ce8f1b57a7a","2026-05-29T17:42:28.898Z",643,"51355",{},"2026-05-29T17:42:28.897Z","2026-05-29T17:42:28.851Z","c7a53e94-e650-4d9a-a828-8ce8f1b57a7a.jpeg","1663200627075.jpeg","1663200627075","image/jpeg","2026-06-03T12:00:00","kazakhstans-next-frontier",{"focal_point_x":198,"id":257,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":258,"width":259,"uploaded_by":218,"height":260,"filesize":261,"metadata":262,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":263,"duration":198,"created_on":264,"filename_disk":265,"filename_download":266,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":267,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":211,"embed":198},"039191fc-70e2-48a5-b83d-ad8900f62e25","2026-05-29T17:49:15.248Z",1672,941,"2106882",{},"2026-05-29T17:49:15.246Z","2026-05-29T17:49:14.690Z","039191fc-70e2-48a5-b83d-ad8900f62e25.png","ChatGPT Image May 29, 2026, 01_48_40 PM.png","Chat GPT Image May 29, 2026, 01 48 40 Pm",[15,4,12,14],{"type":181,"id":65,"title":270,"excerpt":271,"one_line":272,"authors":273,"date":314,"slug":315,"image":316,"status":227,"Tags":326,"primary_tag":22},"Research Radar: The Six-Word Problem: Will Voice Improve How We Research the Impacts of AI?","AI for Impact Fellows Sai Punith Kolla and Swaapnika Chowdary Cherukuru built Public Voice, a lightweight voice-based feedback tool designed to capture concrete examples of how learners apply AI in practice. The piece explores the design challenge behind the tool, why voice responses may produce richer evidence than text surveys, and what it means to measure whether public-sector AI training is translating into real workflow change.","The Observatory of Public Sector AI tests whether voice-based AI feedback reveals about how public servants use AI",[274,294],{"team_id":275},{"id":276,"collaborator_type":198,"First_Name":277,"Title":278,"Link_to_bio":279,"Last_Name":280,"featured_resources":281,"Headshot":282},158,"Sai Punith ","Generative AI Engineer","https://www.linkedin.com/in/sai-punith-kolla-a139851a1","Kolla",[],{"focal_point_x":198,"id":283,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":284,"width":285,"uploaded_by":218,"height":286,"filesize":287,"metadata":288,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":289,"duration":198,"created_on":290,"filename_disk":291,"filename_download":292,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":293,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":253,"embed":198},"eb2ca258-815d-44d2-ad90-0577ceb82af9","2026-05-24T19:27:56.002Z",1126,1516,"99239",{},"2026-05-24T19:27:56.000Z","2026-05-24T19:27:55.959Z","eb2ca258-815d-44d2-ad90-0577ceb82af9.jpg","image7.jpg","Image7",{"team_id":295},{"id":296,"collaborator_type":198,"First_Name":297,"Title":298,"Link_to_bio":299,"Last_Name":300,"featured_resources":301,"Headshot":302},159,"Swaapnika","Generative AI Engineer at the Burnes Center for Social Change","https://www.linkedin.com/in/swaapnika-cherukuru/","Chowdary Cherukuru",[],{"focal_point_x":198,"id":303,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":304,"width":305,"uploaded_by":218,"height":306,"filesize":307,"metadata":308,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":309,"duration":198,"created_on":310,"filename_disk":311,"filename_download":312,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":313,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":253,"embed":198},"3004a0de-47a4-4c4f-9e99-9b5e568fee04","2026-05-24T19:27:43.053Z",1999,1861,"244666",{},"2026-05-24T19:27:43.051Z","2026-05-24T19:27:42.981Z","3004a0de-47a4-4c4f-9e99-9b5e568fee04.jpg","image1.jpg","Image1","2026-05-26T12:00:00","public-voice-tool",{"focal_point_x":198,"id":317,"folder":198,"focal_point_y":198,"modified_on":318,"width":259,"uploaded_by":218,"height":260,"filesize":319,"metadata":320,"tus_data":198,"modified_by":198,"uploaded_on":321,"duration":198,"created_on":322,"filename_disk":323,"filename_download":324,"location":198,"description":198,"storage":209,"tus_id":198,"title":325,"tags":198,"charset":198,"type":211,"embed":198},"423c80f9-beed-47cf-85ff-11e19198163f","2026-05-24T19:56:52.904Z","1215529",{},"2026-05-24T19:56:52.902Z","2026-05-24T19:56:52.538Z","423c80f9-beed-47cf-85ff-11e19198163f.png","efebe583-b340-4cad-9da3-2f552ec2f0f1.png","Efebe583 B340 4cad 9da3 2f552ec2f0f1",[16,12,11],{"type":181,"id":68,"title":328,"excerpt":329,"one_line":330,"authors":331,"date":338,"slug":339,"image":340,"status":227,"Tags":352,"primary_tag":22},"Zero-Click Government: Omakase or Loss of Agency?","In the afterword to Gustavo Maia’s forthcoming book Zero-Click Government, Beth Simone Noveck explores the democratic risks and possibilities of anticipatory governance. While supporting efforts to reduce the administrative burdens placed on citizens, she argues that traditional requests and applications also served as an important democratic feedback signal, one that anticipatory systems risk losing when governments act on inferred demand. 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