The AI Delivery Unit (AIDU), operating under S&GAD, drives responsible AI adoption across Punjab's 41 government departments — improving citizen services, enhancing governance efficiency, and building sovereign digital infrastructure.
The core domains through which AIDU executes the provincial AI agenda.
Establishes a robust regulatory framework under Rule 40C, introducing algorithmic assurance gates G0-G5, mandatory Impact Assessments, and a public AI registry to ensure all provincial AI deployments are ethical, transparent, and compliant with privacy standards.
Powers the province with a centralized AI Data Lake built on Estonian X-Road architecture, maintaining data at source, connected to a sovereign GPU compute cluster at Nawaz Sharif IT City to feed citizen AI pipelines.
Delivers responsive public services including multilingual voice-activated Urdu chatbots at e-Khidmat Markaz, automated school matching, early epidemic warnings, and predictive medicine supply systems.
Boosts internal administration efficiency through tailored civil servant copilots, legal document parsers, automated summary generators, and tax/revenue leakage prediction models.
Runs continuous training modules for executive officers, specialized bootcamps for developers, and partnerships with local universities to seed a talent pool of AI professionals in Punjab.
Fosters academic-industry collaboration by offering research grants, launching incubation sandboxes for startups, and connecting local innovators with global technology giants.