Eduardo Araujo, MPP alumnus and career civil servant at the State Treasury Department of Espírito Santo, examines how Brazil’s vast yet impenetrable network of transparency portals highlights the gap between data availability and citizen comprehension – and whether generative AI can finally make public finance truly accessible in the digital age.

Master of Public Policy student Heleno Nunes Filho explores how digital innovation, technical skills, data-sharing and transparency can shift the fight against corruption and inefficiency – from reactive enforcement to proactive system design.

Cyberspace has been full of harm, but despite predictions, the much-predicted global catastrophes have failed to materialise. Does this uneasy balance hold as AI-based technology rapidly advances?

João Pedro Caleiro, writer-researcher at the Lemann Foundation Programme shares his insights from a recent workshop bringing together twenty senior decision makers from two federal agencies in Brazil with Blavatnik School academics to discuss the risks and opportunities for using artificial intelligence in public administration.

MPP student Bálint Pataki sets out the strategies needed to manage risks from artificial intelligence.