Launching DBT's first public-facing AI feature
...us to make some early design choices to mitigate risk. One such decision was to not include free-text input. When people think of AI, they often think of chatbots. However,...
...us to make some early design choices to mitigate risk. One such decision was to not include free-text input. When people think of AI, they often think of chatbots. However,...
...not learning from other teams solving similar barriers due to distributed teams worldwide different teams used different language to describe the same issues in free-text fields. There was low completion...
...from unstructured data, or even write code. Government departments routinely handle confidential and personal data. Therefore, using public AI tools that transmit data externally can post significant security and privacy...
...take manual actions. Line managers reported anxiety and confusion when trying to complete multiple tasks whilst doing their day-to-day work. At DBT we believe that by automating as much as...
...We’ll support you by providing: trust, autonomy and responsibility the space to progress fast and innovate in an environment free of heavy legacy flexible and mobile working as part of...
Alfie Dennen Saisakul Chernbumroong When the Incubator for AI (I.AI) team retired their Redbox codebase in December 2025, DBT had already diverged substantially from that original work. What began as...
...Computing Platform. We code in the open by default. All software we release to the public is under Open Government Licence or equivalent. Our developers work in multidisciplinary agile teams...
...this means we have the right tools for the job of promoting UK exports, attracting foreign investment and developing trade policy, it’s a real challenge for data protection. Or, at...
...released open-source code on which our own code depends. To benefit from community contributions, encourage reuse across government, and to work transparently in the public interest, we also publish our...
...re-inventing things other departments have already done. Redbox is a fantastic example of this. Through joint workshops, employee secondment, bi-weekly collaboration sessions and code-sharing with the I.AI team, DBT’s AI...