Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy ›› 2025, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (12): 33-39.doi: 10.12267/j.issn.2096-5931.2025.12.005

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Boundary reconfiguration: new challenges posed by GenAI to open government data

LYU Wenzeng1, YANG Zhengjun2   

  1. 1. Research Institute for Data Management Innovation, Nanjing University, Suzhou 215163, China
    2. CTTL Terminal Labs, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2025-11-27 Online:2025-12-25 Published:2026-01-08
  • Contact: YANG Zhengjun

Abstract:

Against the backdrop of global competition and rapid advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and applications, generative AI (GenAI) is becoming increasingly dependent on high-quality government data, while simultaneously disrupting the established boundaries of traditional open government data (OGD) practices. Drawing on literature review and logical induction, this paper systematically examines the interactions between GenAI and OGD across the stages of data acquisition, model training, and application. It reveals how GenAI drives a reconfiguration of boundaries in three key dimensions of OGD: the scope of data subjects, data quality governance, and platform infrastructure. By unpacking these dynamics, the study elucidates the profound challenges GenAI poses to OGD initiatives and offers theoretical insights and policy implications for navigating the evolving landscape of government data openness in the age of generative AI.

Key words: open government data, GenAI, AI-Ready

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