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Keeping children safe online: changes to the Online Safety Act explained – uk.gov

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Keeping children safe online: changes to the Online Safety Act explained – uk.gov

New protections for children online now in force. Online Safety Act. Keeping children safe The way children experience the internet has fundamentally changed, as new laws under the Online Safety Act have come into force to protect under-18s from harmful online content they shouldn’t ever be seeing. This includes content relating to: pornography self-harm suicide … Read more

Transformative £86 billion boost to science and tech to turbocharge economy, with regions backed to take cutting-edge research into own hands – uk.gov

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Transformative £86 billion boost to science and tech to turbocharge economy, with regions backed to take cutting-edge research into own hands – uk.gov

£86 billion to fund everything from new drug treatments and longer lasting batteries to new AI breakthroughs to generate billions for the UK economy and drive our Plan for Change includes up to £500 million for regions across the UK, with local leaders part of decision making announcement comes ahead of next week’s Spending Review, … Read more

Experimental AI could help councils meet housing targets by digitising records – uk.gov

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Experimental AI could help councils meet housing targets by digitising records – uk.gov

A new AI tool to help councils make planning data more accessible and digital, converting poor scans of old, PDF and paper documents into machine-readable, shareable data in seconds is being built Currently in early testing, the tool could reduce the time needed to convert old planning documents into digital records – performing in 40 … Read more

Archaic tech sees public sector miss £45 billion annual savings – uk.gov

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Archaic tech sees public sector miss £45 billion annual savings – uk.gov

Public sector workers are being held back by archaic technology – crippling productivity and slashing public satisfaction in services, according to a new report set to be published on Tuesday.  Inheritance from previous government shows an overreliance on contractors sending costs rocketing and how outages and cyber-attacks are putting NHS and public services in jeopardy. … Read more

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and launch of study into effects of social media on children – uk.gov

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New online safety priorities for Ofcom and launch of study into effects of social media on children – uk.gov

5 priorities for online safety set out by The Secretary of State. Technology Secretary exercises powers requiring Ofcom to report back on new online safety priorities. Government launches research project to explore impact of social media on young people’s wellbeing and mental health. Online safety campaigners to be consulted as government commits to ensuring future … Read more

Teachers to get more trustworthy AI tech as generative tools learn from new bank of lesson plans and curriculums, helping them mark homework and save time – uk.gov

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Teachers to get more trustworthy AI tech as generative tools learn from new bank of lesson plans and curriculums, helping them mark homework and save time – uk.gov

Using AI tools to help reduce teacher’s workload. Teaching standards, guidelines and lesson plans will form a new optimised content store which will train generative AI to make it more reliable for teachers in England new project will bring teachers and tech companies together to develop and use trustworthy AI tools that can help mark … Read more