Department for Education ‘assessing risks’ of ChatGPT
Ministers says new technology also provides opportunities to widen access
Home Office seeks software developers to meet ‘daring targets’ for use of automation
Department looks for trio of experts to join specialist team
Government agency looks to improve deepfake detection
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AI Week: Automation makes work less taxing for HMRC
In the last few years, the UK tax agency has automated millions of processes and it has ambitions to grow its use of AI into new areas. Tim East, CIO of customer compliance, tells PublicTechnology about the department's plans
AI Week: DWP reaps robotic rewards
Government’s largest department was an early mover in the automation space and, in the last two years, has seen the benefits of process automation
AI Week: How government learned to stop worrying and love AI
A few years ago, artificial intelligence was barely on the public sector’s radar. Now, it is one of the most-discussed topics in all of government. To kick off our dedicated AI Week, PublicTechnology examines where we are, and how we got here
AI Week: can we forgive a robot and three other important questions
To introduce AI Week, PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall runs through four of the biggest questions facing the technology
National Archives to review market for AI tools
Organisation commissions study into available technologies
Gender bias concerns raised over GP app
Onlookers are asking why the chatbot created by Babylon Health – which provides the GP at Hand service – is offering such different guidance to men and women. But the company tells PublicTechnology its service is working as intended.
Government to train public sector leaders on AI and robotics
National Leadership Centre admits first cohort of top officials
Regulator calls for ‘informed public debate’ on facial recognition
Biometrics commissioner calls on government ministers to lead discussion
Police use of facial recognition ruled lawful by High Court
Challenge brought against South Wales force is rejected by judges
Apps, automation and allotments
Durham County Council's head of digital Alan Patrickson lifts the lid on the authority’s citizen-focused five-year transformation journey
Government looks to AI to end bank holiday traffic jams
DfT plans to release data on planned changes to the road network
East Midlands NHS trusts trial AI for cancer screening
Hospital trusts in Lincolnshire and Nottingham to examine potential of using software tools to review mammograms
Dacorum Borough Council to trial robotics
Authority issues opportunity notice outlining its intent to explore possibilities of automation
DWP ramps up hiring for robotics and automation unit
Department recruiting for 19 roles in Digital Channels team
Policymakers and politicians must fill the AI information vacuum
UK citizens remain open to new technology, but government must act to ensure negative narratives do not take hold, believes Mark Kleinman of the King’s Policy Institute
Can the GDS innovation strategy deliver a lasting legacy for government?
Government's new Innovation Strategy set out ambitious proposals to update processes, eliminate ageing kit, and embrace emerging technologies. PublicTechnology caught up with GDS innovation head Sue Bateman to find out more
Government launches £2m fund for driverless cybersecurity testing
Grants of up to £400,000 available
West Midlands Police gets £5m to continue predictive analytics trials
Home Office provides more funding to controversial project using data to assess people’s risk of criminality
Government puts £12m into AI-powered vacuum cleaners and dolphin-protection tech
Money invested in four partnerships between business and academia
Government backs robot farmers with £6m
Funding will support what is claimed to be the world’s first agri-robotics facility