This is why greater transparency about the use of AI in UK public sector seems to be urgently needed. Anyone with first hand info about its application please get in touch.
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Robert Booth
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Robert Booth
@Robert_Booth
Guardian UK technology editor
Katılım Şubat 2009
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Is the UK “flying blind” about the deployment of AI in the public sector? It is too difficult to find out what algorithms are being used, where and with what effect. Any insiders who might shed light, please do get in touch in confidence.
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I’m now tweeting over at Bluesky on Robert-Booth.bsky.social
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TikTok is the most likely place for teenagers to encounter real-life violent content, followed by X, according to the survey by the Youth Endowment Fund of more than 10,000 13- to 17-year-olds. theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
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AI guiding Home Office immigration enforcement: tech making "cruelty and harm more efficient" or "leading to better decision-making and reducing unnecessary detention"? theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…
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Best caller yet - a Grateful Dead fan in Birmingham interested in a recent story I wrote about magic mushrooms who signed off after making a generous donation with: “keep the freak flag flying!”
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I’m manning the phones at the Guardian telethon (02033534368) but more to the point so are @MarinaHyde and @JohnJCrace and you can talk to them NOW!!
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@ShowAmateur Hi - might you be free for a quick chat with the Guardian? Could you send a contact number to rob.booth@theguardian.com?
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@Dannythefink Hi Danny - are you free to talk about the US cannabis/ immigration situation? I'm on rob.booth@theguardian.com if you can send a number for me to call on. Ta
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@lloyd_rm Hi Lloyd - are you free for a quick chat about monkeypox for a piece I'm doing today? If so could you email a number to rob.booth@theguardian.com? Thanks
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@DewsnapClaire Hi Claire - are you free for a q chat with the Guardian for a piece today? If you can spare a moment do send a number to rob.booth@theguardian.com
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To all those following - YES this is an emergency AND yes sexual health sector does need additional resource to manage this emergency - sexual health services had a £150m reduction since 2013.this has been seen as reduction in nurses, doctors , receptionists and support workers
Wes Streeting@wesstreeting
This is a serious development that requires an equally serious shift in gear from the Government. To prevent Monkeypox becoming endemic, the Government needs to urgently increase vaccine supply alongside a major communication campaign to alert the public to the risks.
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@ret_ward Are you free to talk to the Guardian briefly - I'm on rob.booth@theguardian.com if you could send a number. Thanks
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I'm writing about digital exclusion - here's a chance to unburden yourselves of those stories of phone/app woe afflicting you and your families theguardian.com/technology/202…
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@DarrenLinvill - would you be free to talk to the Guardian this morning about Russian internet troll operations? theguardian.com/world/2022/may… Could you email me a number at rob.booth@theguardian.com?
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Stinking waste stored in a bath and fears people are being "warehoused" in "care hotels" as NHS struggles to discharge patients - a care worker blows the whistle
theguardian.com/society/2022/f…
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@steveswannBBC @helenpidd The Centre For Cities has been pushing an analogy about the reunification of east and west Germany which seems, um, a little over the top.
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@helenpidd I think it's the Sec of State who is big into the "Medici effect." But yes, 334 pages is chuffing long.
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@AlladinNoons @rightsforresid2 @GillianKeegan hi Alladin - would you be free for a quick chat with the Guardian about this? Could you send a number to rob.booth@theguardian.com
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After our successful #booster roll out, we’re easing restrictions in care settings to allow unlimited visits to ensure people living in care homes see all their family and friends.
gov.uk/government/new…
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@trudyk_ta @GillianKeegan @sajidjavid @rightsforresid2 Hi - would you be free to talk to me at the Guardian about the situation? Could you send a number to rob.boot@theguardian.com? Thanks, Rob
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@PeteApps I was thinking just this Pete. Would Grenfell detectives seek to redact the worst parts of Sir Martin’s report? I suspect the inquiry’s statutory + independent status is key to why that is unlikely/ impossible. That was always a flaw with the Gray inquiry as a vehicle for truth.
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The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has run in parallel to a police investigation, which covers offences including manslaughter, for four years. There has never been any suggestion its report will need to be censored or delayed to avoid prejudicing police inquiries.
What's different?
Peter Apps@PeteApps
A question on the Met delay to the Sue Gray report: Any first year media law student could tell you contempt of court is only a risk once someone has been arrested + only applies if there is a serious risk of prejudicing a jury trial. But...
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