All posts by Jack Aldane
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UK government responds to digital ID ‘misconceptions’ after public consultationThe UK government has published a myth-busing article over its plans to develop digital identify verification for online services after what it said were “several misconceptions” about the programme. The
- Posted June 4, 2023
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G7 leaders ‘take stock’ of AI amid calls for shared governance standardsNational leaders from the Group of Seven have vowed to work together and with other international partners to achieve “the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI”. The development of
- Posted May 25, 2023
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UK civil servants seek legal routes to oust bullies; US proposes hiring feds responsible for emerging tech: management & workforce news in briefUK senior civil servants mount organised challenge to politician bullies British senior civil servants have voted to collectively oppose the use of intimidating and inflammatory language by politicians and could
- Posted May 18, 2023
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Agencies ‘don’t have the tools’ to head off ChatGPT threat to national security, warns Pentagon’s AI chiefThe US Department of Defense’s chief digital and AI officer Craig Martell said he is “scared to death” of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive
- Posted May 11, 2023
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UK government officially shuts down beleaguered Verify ID serviceThe UK government’s controversial GOV.UK Verify platform has been closed down for good following an announcement that no public services were using it to support user logins. The platform, developed
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Biden administration rolls back telework as Australia tables flexible work principlesThe Biden administration announced measures to reduce teleworking at federal agencies on 13 April, exactly a year after agencies began implementing their return-to-office plans. A memo sent to agency heads
- Posted April 19, 2023
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Sharing is daring: why joined-up use of data is so challenging for government – and how to get better at itBy 2025, all critical data assets will be available for use across the UK government. That is the goal set by ministers, who recognise that while the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated
- Posted April 18, 2023
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Citizens sue EU governments over failure to deliver on climate change pledgesCitizens of European Union member states have sued their respective national governments over failure to tackle climate change in a first for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Three
- Posted April 6, 2023
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US digital identity bill passes through to SenateAn interagency task force whose job would be to support “reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors” could be established by the US federal government after
- Posted April 6, 2023
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Biden administration tables ambitious anti-COVID fraud legislationUS president Joe Biden proposed a wide-ranging piece of legislation on 2 March to tackle fraud and help citizens affected by identity theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden set out
- Posted March 8, 2023
