Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Vol. 30 #1 (Winter 2023) © Indiana University Maurer School of Law 65 Artificial Intelligence in Government: Risks and Challenges of Algorithmic Governance in the Administrative State JOSÉ VIDA FERNÁNDEZ * ABSTRACT This article analyzes the legal implications of using artificial intelligence in government and how it is challenging the foundations of the administrative state. It begins by demonstrating that a new model of government is emerging, based on information and intelligence (i-Gov). To understand the nature and scope of this new i-Gov model, this article will explain what artificial intelligence really is and analyze the applications that are currently being carried out in the US and the EU. Next, it will review the regulatory framework that is emerging that regulates government use of artificial intelligence in both the US and the EU. Finally, the article concludes by identifying and analyzing the main legal and policy problems involved in the use of artificial intelligence in government. It challenges values, principles, and institutions of the traditional administrative state and also requires us to think of new frameworks for constitutional and administrative law to guarantee citizens’ rights and public interest. I. INTRODUCTION Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to transform human life in all its dimensions. Although this may sound somewhat exaggerated and disturbing, it is a process that has already happened with other disruptive technologies. That is the case with the development and *Professor of Administrative Law, Public Law Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. This work is part of the research projects "Artificial intelligence in the national health care system: solutions to specific legal problems" (PID2021-128621NB-I00) and "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Public Services: A Legal Analysis of its Scope and Consequences in Healthcare" (PGC2018-098243-B-I00) directed by José Vida Fernández and founded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/) and by "FEDER: A way of Making Europe."