Special Advisers and ChatGPT documentation: FOI release

Information requested

Any recorded transcripts, logs, outputs, or other documentation of interactions between Scottish Government Special Advisers and ChatGPT or any other large language model (LLM) from January 1, 2025, to June 18, 2025.

This includes any saved chats, screenshots, exported files, or other relevant records held by the Scottish Government. For clarity, this refers to generative AI tools capable of producing human-like responses to user prompts, such as ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), Copilot (Microsoft), or other comparable models.

2. If no such transcripts or outputs are held, please provide any policies, guidance, or records concerning the use of large language models by Ministers during the same period.

Response

1. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. This is because Special Advisers have confirmed they do not use AI for Government business.

2. Please see Annex A for the guidance concerning the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT in the Scottish Government.

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FOI 202500471620 - Information released - Annex A

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