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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The AI Energy Council is holding its second meeting to discuss how the UK’s energy grid can be upgraded to support the power requirements needed to run the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered applications. The majority of technology providers have set their sights on delivering advanced AI capabilities as part of their product portfolios,…
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Large language models (LLMs) are capable of generating text that is grammatically flawless, stylistically convincing and semantically rich. While this technological leap has brought efficiency gains to journalism, education and business communication, it has also complicated the detection of misinformation. How do you identify fake news when even experts struggle to distinguish artificial intelligence (AI)-generated…
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Among the questions a head of technology may ponder are, what does it mean to be innovative, and perhaps, what technology can be used to drive an innovation strategy? Given the main way people tend to place bets with Bet365 is via its mobile app, Alan Reed, head of platform innovation at Bet365’s Hillside Technology…
The government has opened up applications for the second round of its Venture Capital Fellowship career development programme for investment professionals, which focuses on science and technology. The Venture Capital Fellowship aims to increase the capacity of the UK financial sector to invest in up-and-coming technology. Labour wants the UK to be the top European…
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