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Pepper the robot joins Southend’s social care team
Essex town to deploy humanoid robot to help deliver services
MoD and Home Office put £1.6m into robot and drone projects for hazardous environments
Four UK tech SMEs have received backing for technologies designed to safely assess the potential presence of dangerous matter
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Aylesbury Vale council’s IT lead Maryvonne Hassall talks to Gill Hitchcock about the potential gains – and pitfalls – of adopting AI in local government
Don’t fear the robots – tech automation to have less impact on public sector jobs, report claims
Study from Nesta and Oxford University predicts that the civil service and wider public sector will see fewer jobs lost to automation than other industries
‘I cannot buy a promise’ – strategy chief of UK’s fastest-growing city on the challenges facing smart cities
After concluding a three-year programme, Milton Keynes is working out how best to proceed with smart-city technology
Cabinet Office launches £4m project to drive use of software robots across civil service
Supplier Capgemini to train civil servants and help departments develop RPA applications
BBC trials artificial-intelligence and voice-recognition technology for iPlayer
Broadcaster envisions future where users converse with their television
Robotics revolution: why chatbots and AI could shake up local government
Enfield Council’s lead technology adviser Rocco Labellarte says the authority’s chatbot is attracting international attention and is about to transform services and release resources. Gill Hitchcock reports
'It's not a choice between privacy or innovation', ICO tells NHS trusts
After Royal Free is found to have breached Data Protection Act, information commissioner Elizabeth Denham offers four-point checklist for other trusts in their use of technology and data
Robots, connectivity and digital skills: progress on digital in Scotland
"At the end of the day, the services are all the same, so if you’re doing bins from Shetland to Glasgow to the Borders, we all do similar services"
Impact of AI on UK jobs market divides opinion, says BT survey
BT finds that IT Directors disagree over whether Artificial Intelligence will create or displace jobs
TfL launches on Facebook Messenger with TravelBot
TravelBot will give passengers up-to-date information on their Transport for London journeys
Robotics and AI get £93m in Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
Business secretary Greg Clark announces spending breakdown for first areas to receive investment through the fund