1+ week, 2+ day ago   (392+ words) A bill to crack down on the creation of digital twins of real people by tech companies is to be debated in the House of Commons. Initially proposed by Science, Innovation and Technology Committee chair Dame Chi Onwurah, the Personal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (794+ words) Two more bills seeking to control the spread and activity of artificial intelligence (AI) – one of them by former presidential candidate and Independent senator Bernie Sanders – will go before American lawmakers in the near future. Sanders’ Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (835+ words) During a debate on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, ministers were asked to investigate the delay to the proposed investigation into the 100 subpostmaster convictions that were instigated by the Department of Work & Pensions (DWP). Speaking during a debate on the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (440+ words) The US House Committee for Veterans’ Affairs (VA) has unanimously passed a motion that will mean Oracle executive chairman and chief technology officer, Larry Ellison, and the company’s current CEO, Mike Sicilia, will be called to testify over overspend on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (816+ words) An amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, currently passing through the House of Lords, proposes giving the government “last resort” powers to shut down large AI systems in an emergency. The amendment proposed by Lib Dem peer,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1011+ words) Despite the government’s decision to cancel its digital ID plans, issues still remain around legacy systems and how they access public services, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). A report by the NAO on lessons learned from the government’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (467+ words) Syda Productions - stock.adobe.c The UK chancellor, John Healey, has unveiled the £100m Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme to support British firms developing artificial intelligence (AI) for public sector projects that apply nationally. As part of the UK government’s…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (604+ words) The UK government intends to give itself new powers to step in if essential service providers, such as electricity and water suppliers or NHS bodies, propose to buy technology from suppliers with ties to hostile states that the authorities believe…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (758+ words) A diverse group of journalists, researchers and scholars have launched an initiative designed to challenge the rhetoric from governments and corporations that artificial intelligence (AI) at scale is a foregone conclusion, instead framing its increasingly rapid deployment as a deliberate…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (761+ words) Planning authorities in Scotland must now notify ministers within seven days of validating any datacentre application that exceeds 50MW of power capacity, under a direction that came into force on 17 August and applies retrospectively to schemes already in the pipeline. The…...