Data Governance and AI Drive Better Living in Amsterdam
The City of Amsterdam, serving 22,000 municipal employees, uses the Databricks Data + AI Platform to ensure secure, ethical data governance and drive AI use cases such as crowd monitoring and street cleanliness assessment across social, physical, digital and operational domains.
Overview
The City of Amsterdam, serving 22,000 municipal employees, uses the Databricks Data + AI Platform to ensure secure, ethical data governance and drive AI use cases such as crowd monitoring and street cleanliness assessment across social, physical, digital and operational domains.
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Inspect the highlighted sourceThe challenge
The City of Amsterdam, serving 22,000 municipal employees, needed to ensure secure, ethical use of data across social, physical, digital and operational domains while building transparent, data-driven policies that enhance public trust and services.
The solution
Amsterdam leverages the Databricks Data + AI Platform to ensure secure, ethical data use and drive AI use cases like crowd monitoring and street cleanliness.
Reported business value
The city builds transparent, data-driven policies that enhance public trust and services through AI use cases like crowd monitoring and street cleanliness.
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