All posts by Jack Aldane

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  BRICS leaders urge richer nations to fund global energy transition

  Wealthy nations should fund the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, BRICS leaders reiterated at a summit in Rio de Janeiro on 7 July.   BRICS is an

  • Posted July 8, 2025
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  UK government launches GOV.UK digital services app for smartphones

  The UK government has launched the first version of its GOV.UK app to provide citizens with digital access to government services and benefits.   The app’s initial release to British

  • Posted July 2, 2025
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  AI makes water shortages harder to predict, says UK Environment Agency

  Advancements in artificial intelligence have created a blind spot for the UK government over future water shortages in England, the Environment Agency has said. Data centres used to power AI are

  • Posted July 2, 2025
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  G7 launches AI innovation challenge to transform public services

  Members of the G7 are creating an innovation challenge with the goal of unblocking AI adoption in the public sector. The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK,

  • Posted June 23, 2025
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  Canada to hit defence spending target ‘half a decade ahead of schedule’, PM says

  Canada has set out plans to increase defence spending quicker than expected, with prime minister Mark Carney outlining plans to upgrade what he called the country’s aged military equipment and

  • Posted June 12, 2025
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  United Arab Emirates launches training programme for chief AI officers

  Chief artificial intelligence officers across federal government agencies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to receive two weeks of AI training to strengthen the country’s hand in the future

  • Posted June 9, 2025
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  Trusting the process, trusting the product: how governments can win over the public on AI

  Trust in artificial intelligence (AI) may not have been the main issue on which Canada’s federal election was fought earlier this year, but its one that looms as large there

  • Posted May 26, 2025
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  UK government’s AI system ‘Humphrey’ set to review thousands of public consultations to improve civil service efficiency

  The UK government has launched its own artificial intelligence system to review thousands of public consultations. The multi-tool suite ‘Humphrey’ was named after a fictional bureaucrat written into the 1980’s

  • Posted May 22, 2025
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  UK prime minister pledges ‘defence dividend’ from highest spend since Cold War 

  Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK government will cultivate what he called a nationwide “defence dividend” that will boost job creation and opportunity as a result of the country’s

  • Posted May 21, 2025
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  UK peers urge tighter AI regulation for transparent and safe adoption in government

  A UK peer who has proposed new legislation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence has said that human-centred design and management needs to be placed at the heart of

  • Posted May 14, 2025
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