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HMRC concludes trials of ‘causal AI’

Sam Trendall July 12, 2024 21 Comments

The department, which is understood to be exploring a range of possible use cases of generative AI tools, has recently trialled technology to understand ‘causes and effects’ of customer interactions […]...

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Connectivity improvements among scarce levelling-up ‘bright spots’, report finds

PublicTechnology staff June 25, 2024 16 Comments

A new assessment from think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that, in many areas covered by government’s levelling up agenda, the UK has actually ‘gone into reverse’ […]...

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Local government bodies call for ‘centralised mechanism’ to support and fund AI

Sam Trendall May 30, 2024 16 Comments

In a submission to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee – shortly before its dissolution – LGA, Socitm and others call for creation of new programmes and bodies to enable councils’ use […]...

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Ministers hope new AI guidelines will set global cyber standard

Sam Trendall May 22, 2024 57 Comments

A range of measures were unveiled at the NCSC’s annual CyberUK conference, including initiatives dedicated to technical policies, as well as new secure hardware products and programmes to boost skills […]...

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Comprehensive coverage vs dimensions of uncertainty – the complicated world of ‘AI-enriched intelligence’

Sam Trendall May 3, 2024 12 Comments

Artificial intelligence offers unprecedented opportunities for security professionals to analyse material, but such potential is accompanied by major challenges and unknowns, according to a report from the Alan Turing Institute […]...

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World’s ‘most advanced humanoid robot’ moves to Edinburgh

Sofia Villegas April 19, 2024 36 Comments

The National Robotarium of Scotland has acquired an Ameca model, which was developed in Cornwall, can reportedly wink, laugh and shrug and is hoped to ‘demystify robotics and foster trust’ […]...

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Glasgow University claims 6G breakthrough

Sofia Villegas April 17, 2024 34 Comments

Academics have unveiled a new dynamic metasurface antenna which is claimed to be the first ever wireless antenna capable of operating at a frequency of 60 GHz millimetre wave band […]...

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Universities unveil tech designed to discover ‘first Earth-like planet’

Sofia Villegas April 5, 2024 60 Comments

The astrocomb laser system developed by researchers from Heriot-Watt and Cambridge Universities has been compared to a distorted guitar and is designed ‘extremely sensitive wavelength measurements’ of the light spectrum […]...

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New AI Safety Institute to work with US counterparts

Sam Trendall April 2, 2024 6 Comments

Ministers from the US and the UK have unveiled a transatlantic memorandum of understanding through which specialist AI safety teams will work to foster common approaches and conduct joint testing […]...

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Home Office plans ‘test cases’ for Microsoft Copilot generative AI tool

Sam Trendall March 18, 2024 150 Comments

Department signs contracts to support experimentation with possible uses of AI and automation tech, including exploring the use of sophisticated tools, and the ethical and operational ramifications of doing so […]...

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Science, technology and research

HMRC concludes trials of ‘causal AI’

Connectivity improvements among scarce levelling-up ‘bright spots’, report finds

Local government bodies call for ‘centralised mechanism’ to support and fund AI

Ministers hope new AI guidelines will set global cyber standard

Comprehensive coverage vs dimensions of uncertainty – the complicated world of ‘AI-enriched intelligence’

World’s ‘most advanced humanoid robot’ moves to Edinburgh

Glasgow University claims 6G breakthrough

Universities unveil tech designed to discover ‘first Earth-like planet’

New AI Safety Institute to work with US counterparts

Home Office plans ‘test cases’ for Microsoft Copilot generative AI tool

Government risks ‘doing the wrong thing efficiently’, civil servants warn in new research

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Beyond the iron fist: What civil servants say will really cut Whitehall waste

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