HMCTS will introduce AI responsibly, technology head says
Gary O’Reilly, HMCTS’s chief technology officer, says they will only use AI tools when they
            		
		Leeds invests in VR headsets to help understand adoption trauma
Local authority for West Yorkshire city spends buys wearable tech that can be used by
            		
		Government explores compulsory digital ID scheme as part of illegal immigration push
Cabinet discusses digital identity scheme following Pat McFadden’s interest in Estonia’s X-Road system, support from
            		
		MoD can’t provide exact cost for resettling Afghans hit by data breach
National Audit Office lacks confidence in the ministry’s estimate of £850m cost of the Afghanistan
            		
		‘Allowing people to have a voice’ – Croydon explores public engagement platform
London’s most populous borough has indicated a plan to work with a tech provider, which
            		
		DVSA awards £73m contract for new Driver Services Platform
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency selects existing partner Kainos for four-year contract to deliver new
            		
		Government needs to go ‘further and faster’ on information security improvements
Cabinet Office has published previously secret 2023 review of data security, as well as a
            		
		Copilot saves staff time but does not improve productivity, DBT pilot finds
A trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot by the Department for Business and Trade has found
            		
		HMRC chooses Public Digital for £14m strategy and delivery contract
HM Revenue and Customs set to award deal to consultancy founded by former Government Digital
            		
		Two train companies trial GPS-based pay as you go ticketing
East Midlands Rail and Northern Rail seek 4,000 volunteers for government-funded trail of system that
            		
		Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme
Commission’s three-year programme set to include improving online services for trustees, reviewing collection and use
            		
		CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence
Crown Prosecution Service introduces Correspondence Drafting Tool that uses Microsoft OpenAI’s GPT4 large language model
            		
		Top tech firms urged to prep for new anti-fraud obligations
From next month, many businesses, as well as charities and other bodies, could be on
            		
		DSIT sees staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has added more than 1,200 FTE staff as
            		
		Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies
National Cyber Security Centre and agencies in 12 other countries advise those managing networks for
            		
		Will 4chan pay its Ofcom fines?
Lawyers acting on behalf of the notorious website have claimed that the penalties issued by
            		
		GDS recruits director and engineers for Incubator for Artificial Intelligence
Government Digital Service also seeks leader for Government Efficiency Accelerator programme on piloting and adopting
            		
		Electoral Commission awards security operations centre contract following voter registration data breach
Commission to spend £302,000 over four years on managed security service after earlier cyberattack on
            		