Department will reinvest £57m into government productivity and streamlining programmes – as well as returning £25m to HM Treasury – as IT firm acquires minority stake after 10 years of […]...
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Terrorism: Government keeping tabs on potential for radicalising chatbots, minister says
Tom Tugendhat claims that the Home Office ‘engages regularly’ with companies creating artificial intelligence tools, with the aim of better understanding the technology’s possible impact on matters of national security […]...
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Scottish Government puts funding into IoT scheme
Ongoing backing announced for IoT Secure programme, which works with SMEs and start-up firms to support development of connected technologies and will use money to sharpen focus on key industries […]...
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AI minister turns to ‘very helpful’ ChatGPT to summarise legislation
DSIT minister Viscount Camrose acknowledges that automated technology can often ‘tread a line between fun and amazing, and serious and scary’ – but identifies positive AI uses in his own […]...
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Home Office retains blanket ban on data disposal
All-encompassing embargo on destruction of files is no longer needed, but policy will remain in place until officials have created appropriate ‘targeted moratoria’ for information that needs to be protected […]...
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Military crime unit deploys software for ‘urgent investigations’ after Afghanistan inquiry hears of civilian murders and cover-up
To support military justice teams’ response to ongoing independent probe, Ministry of Defence directly awards contract to install accredited system for supporting authorities in conducing complex investigations of major crimes […]...
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National Archives offers £145k salary for CEO to deliver ‘near-contemporary digital records at scale’
National record keeping agency opens recruitment for a new leader to oversee its ongoing transformation while managing an archive that spans ‘from the Domesday Book to tweets from Downing Street’ […]...
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‘A threat to our fundamental freedoms’ – MPs and peers voice opposition to live facial recognition
Large group of parliamentarians calls for all police forces and private companies to immediately stop using surveillance technology, which senior Conservative MP describes as a ‘threat to our civil liberties’ […]...
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‘Not good enough’ – government declines to create new digital exclusion unit and strategy
With almost 10 years elapsed since ministers last set out a dedicated plan, a parliamentary report recommended various measures – some of the most significant of which have seemingly been […]...
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GDS leads audit of GOV.UK content after MPs flag ‘racist language’ in departmental documents
Cabinet Office unit had been tasked with combing through government’s website to identify and help departments remove offensive language, after ‘racial slurs’ were found comment in several documents and comments […]...
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