With the Bristol Isambard-AI supercomputer now live, the UK government has unveiled a roadmap to delivering 420 Exaflops of compute power by 2030. The £1bn set aside in the spending review is being used to increase the UK’s compute infrastructure and drive forward artificial intelligence (AI) development. The government’s goal is to reduce the UK’s…
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The UK government is on a mission to loosen the grip that legacy IT suppliers have on public sector IT budgets, amid concerns about how police forces, NHS trusts and local councils are wedded to suppliers whose offerings are not good value for money. Technology secretary Peter Kyle outlined the government’s ambitions on this front…
British and French researchers are teaming up to work on improving the resilience of various technology tools and systems used by critical national infrastructure (CNI) suppliers – including utilities and emergency services – against various security threats. The technology in scope of the agreement, announced during a state visit from French president Emmanuel Macron, includes…
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The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is failing to address “algorithmically accelerated misinformation” on social media platforms, leaving the public vulnerable to a repeat of the 2024 Southport riots, MPs have warned.Following an inquiry into online misinformation and harmful algorithms, the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (SITC) has identified “major holes” in the UK’s online safety…
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The UK government will create “a proper, clear governance framework” to regulate the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, the home secretary has told Lords, marking a shift in policy. In an appearance before the Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee (JHAC) on 8 July, home secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed the government is…
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The government has unveiled a $1m fellowship grant, backed by Meta and the Alan Turing Institute, to build technology for public services. The 12-month secondment in government will see fellows use open source artificial intelligence (AI) models such as Meta’s Llama 3.5 to help create new tools to deliver Labour’s Plan for Change. “Open source…
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Personalisation is just one of the ways education providers are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI), according to a report from the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted). When looking into early adopters of the technology to find out how it’s being used, and assess the positives and challenges of using AI…
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The panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development – particularly in underserved regions. But perhaps the strongest message was this: the computing community must now take ethical leadership as seriously as technical innovation. In an exclusive interview with Computer Weekly, ACM…
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UK astronomers and software developers have created an infrastructure to process and distribute petabytes (PB) of information from a digital camera that is taking images from 20 billion light years in the past. Using “the largest digital camera in the world”, the Vera C Rubin Observatory is carrying out an astronomical survey of the entire…
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Ciaran Martin founded the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and served as its first CEO from 2013 to 2020. He is a distinguished former civil servant who has worked directly with five prime ministers and a variety of senior ministers across three political parties, and has held senior positions at HM Treasury and the…
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