
Government unveils laws for AI-created abuse material
Ministers have indicated that the incoming measures, which make a criminal offence of owning, using

Government Olympic body seeks AI to crack down on online abuse of top UK athletes
Almost six months on from a games in which a number of leading athletes shed

‘Faster and more accurate’ – NHS to trial AI in 700,000 breast-cancer scans
New technology, which hundred of thousands of women will be invited to help test over

Whitehall digital profession garlanded for external recruitment
GDaD is given an award to reflect its achievements in bringing on board top talent

ICO appoints £5m partner to help deliver data transformation
Having published a strategy last year outlining its intent to boost the maturity of its

Government ‘open to exploring’ use of Apple and Google Wallets to store official documents
Feryal Clark, the minister for artificial intelligence and digital government, has suggested that documents could

Pace of AI adoption will vary by departments but requires ‘consistency on leadership and governance’, DSIT chief says
Sarah Munby, permanent secretary of the department that houses the civil service’s new digital hub,

DWP body retains ‘digital delivery partner’ in expanded £24m deal
A government entity created to support financial wellbeing has signed a new and updated engagement

Pay and reward leader sought for tech profession to help departments ‘reduce reliance on consultants’
GDS wishes to identify and appoint an expert to ‘design and facilitate cross-government adoption of

Auditors query Horizon compensation data gaps in DBT accounts
In light of queries over uptake of redress schemes, the National Audit Office has issued

FCDO deploys AI triage for consular queries and predicts tech ‘will transform diplomatic practice’
UK nationals living or travelling overseas and seeking information or support from the government can

Parts of NHS making ‘glacially slow progress’ on digital, MPs warn
The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee has just published a highly critical report claiming

Defra farming reform programme seeks £20m tech partner to transform monitoring
The Rural Payments Agency, which oversees the delivery of more than 40 support schemes, is

Spending advice unit recommends assessment of ‘public attitudes and perceptions’ in departments’ AI procurement
A team created by Cabinet Office and HM Treasury to ensure spending calls are backed

NAO finds government will miss 2025 cyber-resilience goal with big staffing gaps and legacy upgrades not funded
A new study from the public spending watchdog identifies excessive vacancies and use of temps,

Department for Transport signs £400k deal for ‘AI upskilling’
Whitehall’s transport agency has signed a six-figure deal covering the next two years and supporting

Scotland to launch health and social care app
Following the launch of dedicated NHS tools in England and Wales, leaders announce that citizens

‘The previous government spent far too long concentrating on the doomsday scenarios – and not the opportunities of AI’
As government publishes a tranche of algorithmic transparency records, PublicTechnology catches up with minister Feryal