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Sections: Executive Summary; 1 AI Explained; 2 The AI Landscape in NI; 3 The AI Principles for NI (the eight principles: Human Oversight; Accountability and Redress; Data Governance; Technical Safety and Security; Fairness and Transparency; Sustainability; Societal Benefit; Training and Literacy); 4 AI Governance; 5 AI and Infrastructure; 6 AI and Skills; 7 AI and Public Sector Transformation; 8 AI and Citizens; Conclusion; Appendix 1 Summary Actions; References. Appendix 1 has six summary actions: (1) a public-sector AI governance framework; (2) oversight structures and delivery plans that keep humans central; (3) a framework for data protection, management and sharing; (4) a coordinated plan to build AI capability across the public sector; (5) an integrated AI strategy for education (schools, FE, HE); (6) a citizen engagement approach, including a Citizens' Panel. Other proposals: a cross-sectoral AI Governance Board (GOV-NI-026); a public AI Register of Systems (GOV-NI-027); an AI Charter; an AI Workforce Observatory; a Public Sector Skills Academy; human oversight teams in each department and arm's-length body; internal AI project inventories. It sets out an \"initial 5-point plan for government\": staff trained to use AI in office tools; training on basic efficiency tools; cloud facilities that can share information; documents stored so AI can access them; data classified and labelled for complex AI projects. 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