Fifteen people have been named Turing fellows

Health service’s NHS SBS joint venture seeks suppliers for procurement vehicle

Russia and China are increasingly operating in a ‘grey zone between war and peacetime’, according to the government

Comms service looks for analytics to identify target audiences 

Pupils grades will be decided on teacher’s judgement after widespread criticism of impact of ‘deprivation algorithm’

Foreign secretary says he is ‘deeply concerned’ by arrest of two Chinese nationals

The digital and data-driven economy has had a significant impact on our privacy. Siân Brooke from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford examines how policy professionals should respond.

The Alan Turing Institute and others are running a project seeking data and analysis professionals

Technology is helping to create bed capacity and keep surgery on schedule at Bradford NHS trust. Gill Hitchcock reports on what this means for patients and staff in what is typically a busy time of year

The body dedicated to upholding ethical standards across the public sector has published a major report examining how to ensure those standards are not threatened by AI and automation

New committee report cites importance of procurement

Biometrics and information commissioners remind Met Police that questions remain over both legal footing and public sentiment 

Privacy International criticises decision to redact details of the health service’s agreement with the smart assistant

YouGov poll shows little trust that large multinational companies will treat information with adequate confidentiality

The free broadband plan has attracted attention, but the party has a number of other proposals for the use and regulation of technology. PublicTechnology rounds up the major manifesto policies

Holyrood committee to explore benefits of technology as well 'a number of concerns' about privacy and rights

Webinar discussion – which is available to view for free – covers ethics, technical barriers, and key use cases of artificial intelligence

The relationship between artificial intelligence and the law is receiving ever greater focus – while somehow becoming less clear. PublicTechnology looks at the role that regulators and lawmakers will play in the coming years

Joel Cherkis of UiPath examines why governnments should not be thinking about whether to deploy either robotics or AI – but how the two can work in unison to deliver greater benefits

Minister for implementation clarifies that newly created GCDIO is not instead of chief data officer

Helen Margetts and Cosmina Dorobantu from the Turing’s public policy programme talk to PublicTechnology about ethics, explainability, and why government has ‘unique expertise’ it can benefit from