Course in INPS Valore P.A. 2025/2026 – Large Language Models: Fundamentals and Applications for Public Administration

The course in INPS Valore P.A. 2025/2026 dedicated to Large Language Models is an advanced training programme, not a master, intended for employees of public administrations. The programme introduces the fundamentals of artificial intelligence and machine learning and focuses on Large Language Models, that is, the large-scale language models underlying many generative artificial intelligence tools, with the aim of helping participants understand what they are, how they work and how they can be used with awareness in daily work. Large Language Models are entering the workflows of many organisations, but their use in administrations requires caution: it is necessary to know which tasks they can support, how to verify their answers and how to protect personal data. The course introduces these aspects in a concrete way, starting from basic knowledge, to enable users to choose in an informed way.

The thematic modules concern applications in public administration, such as document analysis and database management, and the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence. Teaching is based on lectures, practical exercises and learning by doing, at the Department of Control and Computer Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Turin. The course lasts 40 hours and is in person. The language is not made explicit, but Italian can be deduced. The page does not give the credits, the calendar, the start dates and deadlines or the cost, which is not publicly declared. Document analysis and database management are examples of typical applications in public administration, where large volumes of texts, files and data are handled. The course shows how a language model can help summarise documents, classify requests or extract information, and what limits, such as errors and invented data, make human oversight necessary.

The aim is to strengthen the digital skills of public staff, in line with the INPS Valore P.A. training programme. Among the related professions the page cites the digital process analyst, the artificial intelligence expert, the corporate trainer and the linguistic software engineer. The course is reserved for public administration staff enrolled in the Unified Management of Credit and Social Benefits, with an assessment of CVs. It is therefore not a course open to the general public. The Polytechnic University of Turin is ranked 241st in the 2025 QS world rankings and 103rd in the European ones, and the page gives an MFGS score of 6.8 out of 10. Learning by doing allows participants to try the tools during the exercises, with the help of the lecturers. A module dedicated to the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence addresses themes such as transparency, accountability and compliance with rules. Participation is limited to those belonging to the administrations covered by the programme, and takes place after an assessment of CVs.