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Defra AI in the Tool Guidance

Guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools within the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), covering best practices, security considerations, and implementation guidelines.

Defra AI Tool Guidance

Version 1.1

This repository contains guidance for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools within the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and its associated organisations.

What you’ll get from this guidance

You’ll learn how to:

  • choose the right AI tool for your work
  • handle data safely when using AI
  • follow privacy and compliance requirements
  • configure tools with best practice settings

Use only approved AI tools

You must only use AI tools that appear in this guidance. This guidance contains vetted and approved tools for use across Defra.

Why we have approved tools

Using approved tools helps ensure:

  • compliance with government security standards
  • data protection requirements are met
  • tools work effectively within Defra’s technical environment

AI tools by approval status

Approved

These tools are approved for use within Defra when you follow the tool guidance advice.

Approved with restrictions

You may use these AI tools, but be cautious about what data you share. You must not enter or share anything that is not already published in the public domain.

Under review

These tools are not currently approved for use. We are reviewing them for potential approval, but cannot commit to if or when this might happen.

AI playbooks and further guidance

Contributing

Read our contributing guidelines to help improve this guidance.

Support links

All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated