Announcement on the use of artificial intelligence in the communications of the City of Hamina

The City of Hamina utilizes generative artificial intelligence (Google Gemini) as part of its communication and content production processes. The technology is used to support expert work, for example in structuring materials, sketching, and idea generation.

Responsibility and quality assurance

Artificial intelligence only acts as an assistive tool. The accuracy of the published content is always checked and approved by a city expert. The City of Hamina bears full responsibility for all content published on its official channels, regardless of the tools used.

Data protection and data management

All use of artificial intelligence complies with current legislation, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the city's information security guidelines. The city of Hamina uses protected enterprise-level environments, where the data processed remains under the control of the organization and is not transferred to the educational use of public artificial intelligence models.

Transparency and labeling

• Illustration: Images created with generative artificial intelligence are clearly marked so that they can be distinguished from real photographs.
• Language versions: Machine translation (Google Translate) is used to produce language versions of the Hamina.fi service to improve the accessibility of the service. The quality of the translations is monitored and checked regularly.