UK public sector must embrace risk-taking and harness AI, says watchdog
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Can Elon Musk harness the power of AI to fix the government's immigration issues?
There are real opportunities to make revolutionary progress with AI right now. And they don’t require spending hundreds of billions of dollars.The Hill - 3d -
To seize AI’s benefits, ministers must be prepared to fail in public
DeepSeek’s lower costs bode well for Keir Starmer, but government needs to be more open about its use of AIFinancial Times - 6d -
To short-circuit the higher education AI apocalypse, we must embrace generative AI
The capability of AI to generate text (and images) will keep advancing — we must evolve with it.The Hill - Jan. 26 -
If the UK wants to lead in AI, it must fund more PhDs
Universities are the cornerstone of the country’s reputation as a global research hub but the business model is in crisisFinancial Times - Jan. 22 -
How Harness is ‘harnessing’ agentic AI to help improve enterprise incident response with automated data collection and playbooks
The software development vendor now offers agentic AI-powered incident response that could dramatically minimize downtime.VentureBeat - Jan. 22 -
UK must rejoin EU customs union, says Lib Dem Davey
Sir Ed also called for Donald Trump to be offered a state visit to the UK, but only if he delivered support for Ukraine.BBC News - Jan. 16 -
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data. Why Labour is pinning its hopes on AI to drive UK growth Artificial intelligence will be ...The Guardian - Jan. 12 -
UK should consider letting IS members return, terror watchdog says
Jonathan Hall KC says those who return could be prosecuted here over what they did for the jihadist group.BBC News - Jan. 11 -
Back to office disputes spread across UK public sector
Staff at Land Registry to take industrial action after being ordered back to their desks three days a weekFinancial Times - Jan. 8
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