ARTIFICIAL intelligence and algorithms could help enhance care in the Wee County while freeing up council staff from administrative burdens. Technology is going to play an increasingly important part in Clackmannanshire Council's organisational redesign, which underpins the budget agreed at the end of last month. The local authority is looking to use digital technologies to improve its efficiency and free up staff to work on more complex areas. Documents tabled at Kilncraigs explained that technology will be used to "improve the accessibility of public services through the use of enhanced online facilities, and to process high volumes of transactional enquiries by automating such systems". During the budget meeting, Councillor Helen Lewis explained that "the buzzword is algorithms" and that technology can allow the council to use data to keep people safer or to enable earlier and more effective interventions.