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UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden<\/a> is set to unveil a “red box” tool that can allegedly absorb and summarize information from reputable sources, like the parliamentary record. A separate instrument is also being trialed that should work similarly but with individual responses to public consultations. While it’s unclear how quickly the AI tool can perform this work, Dowden claims it takes three months with 25 civil servants. However, the drafts would allegedly always be double-checked by a human and include sourcing.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/em><\/a> quoted Dowden arguing that implementing AI technology is critical to cutting civil service jobs \u2014 something he wants to do. “It really is the only way, I think, if we want to get on a sustainable path to headcount reduction. Remember how much the size of the Civil Service has grown as a result of the pandemic and, and EU exit preparedness. We need to really embrace this stuff to drive the numbers down.” Dowden’s statement aligns with hopes from his boss, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, to use technology to increase government productivity \u2014 shockingly, neither person has offered to save money by giving AI their job.<\/p>\n

Dowden does show some restraint against having AI do everything. In a pre-speech briefing, he noted that the government wouldn’t use AI for any “novel or contentious or highly politically sensitive areas.” At the same time, the Cabinet Office’s AI division is set to grow from 30 to 70 employees and to get a new budget of \u00a3110 million ($139.1 million), up from \u00a35 million ($6.3 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"