Dr David Hunt

Same. Also I think my introduction to the joy of outtakes.

Gov.uk smartphone app to launch with limited functionality First version steers users to existing webpages, with AI chatbot, notifications and digital driving licences to follow

25 years of agile software development and the media still can't grasp the basics of launching products early so they can be iterated to meet real user needs. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Seems to be working? ☺️

London Tech Week turns away entrepreneur for bringing baby Davina Schonle said she felt ‘humiliated’ after being refused entry to event where she planned to meet potential suppliers to Humanvantage AI, her new start-up

London Tech Week: diversity is important.

Also London Tech Week:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lond...

I don't understand how it even worked... Did people sit there watching a "generating response ... please wait" hourglass go round and round while the actual humans worked up code in the background?

This is incredible!

Can AI really save £45bn from the state? - UKTN A friend of mine once worked for consulting firm that won a government contract. For the next nine months he was deployed with a Whitehall department to

No answers but similar questions here: www.uktech.news/government-p...

Apologies, I hadn't meant to suggest they had/would. More that it's disappointing from Lloyds given that they lead on that annual digital skills report.

Oddly counter to this if true. www.lloydsbank.com/consumer-dig...

This is well worth reading on the human labour involved in reinforcement learning

Anthropic: ‘Please don’t use AI’ 🎶 I just want something to hold on to / and a little of that human touch 🎶

Anthropic, of claude.ai fame, is asking job applicants not to use genAI in their applications to work at Anthropic. www.ft.com/content/9b1e...

Intrigued by the alt text for this post.

I realise my question mark implied I wasn't sure — but I was! We're in the process right now.

Our Accreditations | Shaw Trust Accessibility Services On this page, you will find details of the businesses and organisations tested and accredited by Shaw Trust Accessibility Services

www.accessibility-services.co.uk/our-accredit...

Shaw Trust?

AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’ Exclusive: Pilots for staff training, jobcentres and speeding up disability benefit payments not being taken up

Great to see this out in the open.

Dropping AI pilots isn't a bad thing. It underscores the importance of testing new tech before rolling them out. Particularly in welfare, where the risks of amplifying inequalities and causing real world harm are significant.

But... (1/5)

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(Also, Google Lens is very good.)

Can't believe you don't remember me being there on the day.

Moulsford Railway Bridge.

There's a whole chapter of my photo archives comprising only Gaussian Blur images.

This was my concern after seeing the trailers/reviews. I suspect they thought of the title first. There are more interesting/niche defined numbers. Perfect numbers are ripe for "The Perfect Crime". Or Mersenne primes — "The Mersenne-ary"? There must be others.

This is a positive step towards embedding digital thinking at the heart of public service leadership, and mirrors the trend in the third sector in recent years.

[Thankfully, a footnote clarifies roles these as a CDIO, CTO, CDO, or a leader in service transformation, product, or customer experience with deep digital expertise.]

One significant requirement is that by 2026, all public sector organisations must include a digital leader on their executive committee and a digital non-executive director on their board. (Emphasis on the "and".)

A blueprint for modern digital government (HTML)

Today's announcement of the blueprint for modern digital government includes a welcome focus on agile, user-centric service design as a cornerstone of transformation.

a man in a suit and tie is smiling while sitting in a chair Alt: Man in a suit saying, "Yes... and no."

The real Sir Humphrey would be useful to clarify what was said.

It somewhat flies in the face of the very next sentence in that section.

Highlighted text reads: That means scrapping the need for people to queue at the local council to register the death of a loved one, and doing away with the need to post an advert in your local paper if you want to buy a lorry -- getting in the way of growth.

But wait! They've updated it, because they forgot to also blame second-hand lorry purchasers for lack of growth.

Highlighted section reads: It will do away with insensitive and antiquated processes that have been holding this country back for too long. That means scrapping the need for people to queue at the local council to register the death of a loved one -- getting in the way of growth.

Very welcome indeed. Although this bit makes it sound like bereaved queuers have been getting in the way of growth.

Hard to believe it's 2025 and I still come across digital developers and agencies seemingly unfamiliar with WCAG guidelines or even general accessibility principals.