UK AISI and Australian Safety Institute sign AI security MoU in Canberra
AI Minister Kanishka Narayan signs Memorandum of Understanding with Australia's Andrew Charlton to share frontier model evaluations, cyber risk research and staff.
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AI Minister Kanishka Narayan signs Memorandum of Understanding with Australia's Andrew Charlton to share frontier model evaluations, cyber risk research and staff.
GOV.UK Chat, the government's AI assistant, has launched for citizens inside the GOV.UK app, allowing plain-language questions on tax, benefits, childcare and more.
HMRC has signed a 10-year, £175m deal with London-based Quantexa to use AI for fraud detection and to clear the backlog that drove a 33% rise in complaints.
HMRC's first Chief AI Officer outlines a rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot to 28,000 staff with plans to extend to 50,000, alongside agentic complaint-handling pilots.
UK government's Sovereign AI Fund has invested in Isomorphic Labs as part of a $2.1bn (£1.6bn) round led by Thrive Capital, bringing the fund's equity tally to three start-ups.
Expleo's AI Pulse tracker shows organisational confidence in AI dropping, with UK assurance guidance becoming the practical test of whether deployments stick.
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has set out a structured checklist for organisations considering using AI models to discover vulnerabilities.
NHS England has let Palantir staff see identifiable patient data on the federated data platform, drawing MP warnings about consent and trust.
FSP's Dr Jennifer Barth says UK public sector AI use is stuck between pilot and integration, with 41% of workers feeling unsupported in using the tools.
NHS England is making hundreds of public GitHub repos private by 11 May, citing risks from frontier AI models including Anthropic's Mythos.
HM Revenue and Customs licenses Copilot for tens of thousands of officials and prepares agentic features, citing 26 minutes saved per user per day.
UK government takes a shareholding in AI chip-orchestration startup Callosum and opens compute access to six firms under the £500m Sovereign AI Fund.
Ministry of Justice study will test in-house AI transcription against contracted providers, with free sentencing transcripts for Crown Court victims from spring 2027.
DfT's Gemini-powered Consultation Analysis Tool cuts public feedback processing from months to hours, saving up to £4 million annually across 55 yearly consultations.
Palantir's UK chief has pushed back against calls to exit the £330m NHS Federated Data Platform deal as ministers explore triggering a break clause in the contract.
An ODI prototype of the National Data Library found that over 100,000 public datasets suffer from poor labelling, outdated records, and inconsistent standards.
A UK government-funded study has identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI models deceiving users, evading safeguards, and disregarding direct instructions.
The UK's first government-backed tech town is deploying AI tools at Barnsley Hospital to cut waiting lists and launching an £800,000 fund to train local SMEs and residents in AI skills.
The US AI firm will spend three months mining the Financial Conduct Authority's intelligence files, raising fresh privacy and sovereignty questions.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall confirms the government has dropped its preferred approach to AI copyright, following widespread opposition from artists including Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa.
Rachel Reeves announces £2.5 billion for AI and quantum technologies, including a £500m Sovereign AI Fund and £2bn quantum upgrade, targeting fastest G7 AI adoption.
Skills England launches a Level 4 AI and automation apprenticeship open to all employers, part of the government's drive to upskill 10 million workers by 2030.
An 84-page legal opinion argues the Home Office breaches fairness, data protection, and equality law by using AI tools without telling asylum seekers.
The Public Accounts Committee has questioned the methodology behind the government's claim that Microsoft Copilot saves civil servants 26 minutes per day.
The government is establishing a new research lab to tackle AI hallucinations, unreliable memory, and unpredictable reasoning, backed by £40 million over six years plus significant compute access.
Deloitte and Re:State polling shows 37% of voters see AI as a risk to public services versus 23% as an opportunity, while public service leaders remain optimistic.
Around 140 proposed datacentre projects would require 50GW of power — 5GW more than Britain's current peak demand — threatening grid capacity and clean energy targets.
Bedfordshire police used AI tools to translate 100,000 messages and analyse 1.4TB of evidence in a major fraud case, as government pledges £115m for police AI rollout.
UKRI launches its first AI strategy backed by record funding, targeting breakthroughs in healthcare, clean energy and public services.
The UK delegation at India's AI Impact Summit will push for AI adoption in public services, announce £58m development funding, and promote UK-India tech partnerships.
Minister Narayan announces Fractile's £100m UK commitment, a £500m Sovereign AI unit, and plans to skill 10 million workers in AI by 2030.
The Department for Work and Pensions is testing AI chatbots to support benefit claimants, even as AI-driven job losses accelerate across the UK economy.
The Home Office announces a new deepfake detection evaluation framework developed with Microsoft, aiming to set industry standards as deepfake volumes surge.
Work secretary Liz Kendall acknowledges jobs will be lost but pledges AI training for all British adults as government prepares for workforce transition.
Government announces plans to train 10 million workers in AI skills by 2030, targeting UK as fastest AI adoption country in G7 whilst acknowledging job losses in law and finance.
Investment minister Lord Stockwood reveals government discussions about UBI to support workers in industries facing AI disruption, suggesting tech windfall levy could fund payments.
Major expansion of AI Skills Boost programme adds NHS and techUK as partners, with £27 million funding for local tech jobs and new government unit on AI's future of work.
DSIT partners with Anthropic to deploy agentic AI systems for employment services, with engineers working alongside civil servants to build internal expertise.
Ministers concede planning permission for major M25 datacentre should be quashed after failing to properly assess environmental impact.
ARIA doubles funding after receiving 245 proposals for AI systems that can design, execute and analyse scientific experiments autonomously.
New voluntary framework and self-assessment tool help UK regulators evaluate and improve their capability to govern AI effectively.
Starling Bank and Lloyds executives named as AI Champions to help financial firms seize AI opportunities while maintaining consumer protection.
GDS releases comprehensive plan for modernising public services, including AI deployment, GOV.UK app expansion and £45 billion efficiency savings target.
Around 50 NHS trusts now use AI-powered prediction tools to anticipate emergency department demand, enabling smarter resource allocation during peak periods.
Ministers shift from promising 'stronger' AI regulation to ditching plans for overarching legislation, prioritising growth over governance.
AISI report finds nearly 10% use chatbots weekly for emotional purposes. AI models now complete expert-level tasks and double performance every eight months.
Google DeepMind will open its first automated research lab in the UK and develop AI tools for government, education, and clean energy applications.
Cross-party group calls on government to introduce mandatory controls on frontier AI systems, citing national security concerns and lobbying pressure.
New ODI and Nortal research finds councils piloting AI risk building on weak data foundations, with most datasets unfit for algorithmic use.
UK Government confirms North Wales as latest AI Growth Zone site, introducing planning and energy reforms to accelerate development and unlock major investment in AI infrastructure.
Ministry of Defence unveils vendor-neutral evaluation platform enabling simultaneous assessment of up to 100 AI models against Defence-specific requirements.
UK government collaboration with OpenAI aims to reduce foreign dependency whilst building domestic AI capacity, balancing commercial technology access with governmental autonomy.