The LGA and LOTI have unveiled a new set of guidelines designed to support authorities to buy and roll out AI while maintaining a commitment to data security and equality […]...
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HMRC plans £1bn CRM system to form ‘backbone of customer management’
Government department publishes details of plans to buy and deploy a new hosted software platform to support the management of its engagements with users across the UK’s various tax regimes […]...
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Government reveals AI vs human tests for policy reports – but who won?
Last year, two Whitehall agencies commissioned the expert team known as the ‘nudge unit’ to lead review exercises comparing the speed and quality of work produced by machines and humans […]...
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‘Possible market distortion’ – government taps watchdog for advice on £136m Post Office subsidy for Horizon replacement
The Department for Business and Trade has proposed giving the public corporation significant funding to deliver ongoing tech upgrade work this year in support of eventual migration from Fujitsu platform […]...
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Ofcom bans call-diversion technique and claims move makes UK ‘world-leader’
Global titles could previously be leased out by networks, which the watchdog claims allowed bad actors to take advantage of the signalling process to divert communications and access sensitive data […]...
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Gen AI tool for councils to ‘turn blurry maps and handwritten notes into clear, digital data’
Government aims to support its plans to build 1.5 million new homes across the country with the Extract tech system that can convert scans and weatherbeaten files into electronic info […]...
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HMRC council tax agency hopes to address backlog with cloud and digital upgrades, minister claims
In the years since the pandemic, the Valuation Office Agency has run up queues of decision challenges, which continued to grow last year as work progresses to implement new tech […]...
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Value of G-Cloud 15 and Network Services 4 pegged at £14bn in framework previews
New iteration of cloud agreement is forecast to be worth £2bn less than current version, while government’s major networking framework is set to expand to a term of eight years […]...
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FCDO tech minister: ‘AI will create new and enhance existing cyber threats’
The Foreign Office’s minister with responsibility for tech use has previously pointed to AI’s potential to complete tasks in ‘seconds, rather than days’, but also acknowledges the prospective security challenges […]...
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Failing to secure public trust could derail government’s AI agenda
Government aims to forge an AI regulatory path between those of the EU and US. But, according to Enza Iannopollo of Forrester, much more focus is also needed on citizens. […]...
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