UK rolls out digital ID for alcohol sales
The hospitality and retail sectors will be empowered to adopt certified digital identification technology to verify legal alcohol purchases under new rules to be rolled…
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UK lawmakers call for new law to protect human rights from AI systems
British lawmakers are calling for a new law and a statutory oversight body to address the “serious threats” posed by AI systems to people’s human…
Skills, culture and leadership: The foundations of the UAE’s digital economy
As the UAE marks Emirati Women’s Month, attention is focused on the role women play in shaping the country’s future industries. From artificial intelligence (AI)…
Ryanair calls for government action over Nats IT failure
Yesterday’s IT failure of the UK’s National Air Traffic Control System (Nats) has caused major disruption, impacting airports, airlines and passengers. The BBC reported that…
Capita meeting self-imposed civil service pension targets ‘not sufficient’, says government
The government said Capita’s performance on the troubled civil service pension scheme “remains unacceptable” despite the outsourcer reporting it has reached its latest target. In…
AWS AI Symposium: Public sector must move to full AI transformation
Public sector organisations must move beyond “conversational AI [artificial intelligence]” to “full transformation”. Those that do, and redesign workflows around advanced AI technology, report average…
Civil service union welcomes pension scheme insourcing plan
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has welcomed the government’s stance on bringing the civil service pension scheme (CSPS) administration in-house. Plans to bring…
IT event dive: Through the AWS public sector symposium revolving door
It’s a sunny morning in the City of London, and I’m off to the AWS Public Sector AI Symposium. From my hotel room, one end…
GDPR wasn’t designed for AI and that’s a security problem
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, generative AI wasn’t embedded in everyday business applications, AI agents were not executing multi-step tasks…
UK government to create team to validate Capita’s data on troubled pension scheme
The UK government is in the process of reducing its reliance on data from Capita in regard to the performance of the troubled civil service…
AWS AI Symposium: Public sector must shape AI, use open source
Public sector leaders can secure artificial intelligence (AI) only by treating security as a fast-moving target, by demanding secure-by-default and interoperable technology, and by leaning…
AWS AI Symposium: UHCW adds an operation a day with AI
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) has added an extra case per daily theatre list, recovered time lost to manual coordination, and exposed a data…