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UK government signs up Anthropic to improve public services
The UK government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anthropic to explore how the company’s Claude AI assistant could be used to improve access to public services. According to a statement from government officials, the aim is to advance best practices for the responsible deployment of frontier AI capabilities across the public sector while fostering close cooperation between government…
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DeepSeek Locked Down Public Database Access That Exposed Chat History
On Jan. 29, U.S.-based Wiz Research announced it responsibly disclosed a DeepSeek database previously open to the public, exposing chat logs and other sensitive information. DeepSeek locked down the database, but the discovery highlights possible risks with generative AI models, particularly international projects. DeepSeek shook up the tech industry over the last week as the Chinese company’s AI models rivaled…
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UK Pledges Public Sector AI Overhaul
The U.K. government has unveiled a set of digitisation plans within the public sector to save £45 billion each year in productivity. The headline announcement is “Humphrey,” a set of AI tools to speed up policy-making activities. Most Humphrey tools summarise government data, including debates, meetings, policies, laws, and responses to consultations, so civil servants can search through it more…
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‘Archaic’ legacy tech is crippling public sector productivity
‘Archaic technology’ is holding UK public sector workers back and is costing the taxpayer £45 billion, new figures show. A scathing government report due to be published tomorrow found that legacy technology is crippling productivity and damaging public satisfaction in services. Notably, the report found the previous government’s over-reliance on contractors has sent costs rocketing, and outages and cyber attacks…
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Public sector improvements, infrastructure investment, and AI pothole repairs: Tech industry welcomes UK’s “ambitious” AI action plan
The UK government has officially unveiled its AI Opportunity Action Plan, promising a greater focus on the opportunities of the burgeoning technology rather than the risks. Under the new industry focus, the Labour government plans to implement all 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his AI Opportunities Action Plan, commissioned by technology secretary Peter Kyle last year. Announcing…
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How Apple can boost public health – Computerworld
The World Health Organization predicts diabetes will impact 1.3 billion people by 2050, up from 830 million in 2022. Cardiovascular disease kills 17.9 million people each year. The third biggest killer, chronic respiratory disease, affects around seven in every 100 people on earth. The estimated cost of chronic disease is expected to reach $47 trillion globally by 2030. What all three conditions have…
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Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain
It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US. Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of Public Domain has once again…
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OpenAI aims to become public benefit corp. – Computerworld
“As we enter 2025, we will have to become more than a lab and a startup — we have to become an enduring company,” the blog post said. OpenAI’s goal, when it was founded as a non-profit company (the “lab”) in 2015, was to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole,…
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Are Mobile Hotspots Secure? (Are They Safer Than Public Wi-Fi?)
Are mobile hotspots secure? Well, they can be if you take proper precautions. Otherwise, you’re exposing yourself to the same dangers as using the local free Wi-Fi. Cyber attackers can use various tools and exploits to steal payment data and logins. This article reviews the risks of using a mobile hotspot and the signs that someone might be trying to…
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Pioneering the future of AI-powered public safety – Computerworld
In a world where technology increasingly shapes how cities manage safety and security, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is leading the way with its groundbreaking “Carpet CCTV” project. This ambitious initiative has revolutionized public safety by combining a massive surveillance network with advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, creating a system that shifts the focus from reactive responses to proactive prevention.…
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