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UK’s ICO publishes guidance on dealing with AI-generated FOI requests

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The regulator says growing number of FOI requests are AI-generated. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images

Guidance from the information watchdog comes as public authorities in the UK face an increasing burden of requests that misinterpret or misquote legislation due to the use of AI.

New guidance to help public authorities deal with an increasing burden of freedom of information (FOI) requests generated by using AI has been published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The ICO says, based on the feedback it has received from practitioners, that this increase is placing a strain