Thinking about this post a decade on, I believe my question has been answered in the affirmative. Read the article.
Open data has major benefits for AI. But it is not enough for that data to be open and shareable, it also needs to be quality data.

The SPOT App is an internal online web application designed to act as an aggregation point for automated data alerts. This information comes from the police and emergency service personnel, and can concern reports of fire and accidents, notices of official road closures, and whatever else is ‘emergent’ in the emergency response space in the Australian Capital Territory.
ISO19115 Geospatial Metadata Mapping and Validation with CKAN
Adoption of the latest metadata standards for describing geographic information ensures a higher level of interoperability between data portals, providing more value to end users by strengthening the whole ecosystem of geospatial data providers.
The challenge of internal data management: How CKAN can help
Government departments, corporations, universities and large not-for-profits can use internal data management platforms to solve the challenges arising from the expanding mass of data they collect. Find out mo

This post will look at the data management challenges facing governments and the key reasons why open source technology is best placed to meet them.
