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The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan reads like a technology leader’s wish list. But public sector AI needs to be designed with human oversight By Alastair Williamson-Pound Published: 01 Sep 2025 However, there is a big elephant in the room. Without clear accountability frameworks, this 50-point roadmap risks becoming a cautionary tale rather than a

The government is on a mission to make the UK an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower, by accelerating the adoption of the technology across the public and private sectors to supercharge the economy. According to the government, embracing AI will generate efficiencies in the way that businesses and public sector organisations operate, but achieving this will

Huw Jones is executive director, infrastructure at Bam UK & Ireland A couple of weeks ago, the government unveiled its 10-year Infrastructure Strategy setting out its ambitions to spend £725bn over the next decade. The strategy, announced by chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, sets out a long-term plan for how the government will

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For nearly three years, the US government has tried to ban TikTok. Concerns over the app’s alleged risks to national security have spanned two presidential administrations and forged alliances among Republicans and Democrats. At a time of heightened partisanship, TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have become the focus of anti-China policy — a convenient

With the Central Bureau of Investigation arresting Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case, the blatant targeting of opposition parties and leaders through central agencies has...

TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: Nintendo fans have gotten increasingly anxious as the company remains silent on plans for a successor to the Switch as the console approaches its sixth birthday. A few words buried in a UK regulatory document about Microsoft's Activision

January 30, 2023 | By Alexander Lee Ivy Liu Earlier this month, professional gamer Nikita “SKillous” Gurevich secured the Netherlands’ first-ever esports athlete visa, allowing him to compete for Team Liquid, a prominent Dutch esports organization. The news is the latest example of a world government altering its policies to accommodate the growing — albeit