Albert Sanchez-Graells is a Professor of Economic Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Law and Innovation at the University of Bristol Law School. He specialises in European Union economic law and competition law, public procurement, and digital regulation. He has previously held academic positions at the universities of Leicester and Hull in the UK, and ICADE in Spain. He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Turin and Carlos III in Madrid. Albert is a former Member of the European Commission Stakeholder Expert Group on Public Procurement and regularly advises other international organisations. He authors howtocrackanut.com.
In this important book, Albert Sanchez-Graells takes a cautionary view of public sector digitilization. We already know that reliance on AI in the administration of public services can go badly wrong; and we have reason to doubt that regulation by procurement contracting will fully protect the public interest. If we are to ensure a trustworthy digital transformation of the public sector, Professor Sanchez-Graells argues, we should consider establishing an independent regulatory body, an AI in the Public Sector Authority. * Roger Brownsword, KCL and Bournemouth University *