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July 10 - The UK government yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Google Google Cloud, with plans to help 100,000 civil servants upgrade their digital and AI skills and advance the modernization of legacy IT systems by 2030. Currently, a quarter of systems in the UK public sector are still running on outdated technology, and in some police organizations and NHS trusts, the proportion is as high as 70%.This is due to contracts signed decades ago that are still in force, resulting in systems that have to rely on old servers that are prone to downtime and vulnerable to attacks. The British ...

On March 11, The Atlantic Monthly reported that the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has entered a new phase in its efforts to downsize and reorganize the U.S. civil service. The idea is simple: use generative artificial intelligence to automate work previously done by people. The U.S. government is testing a new chatbot with 1,500 federal employees at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and could release it to the entire agency as early as this Friday, meaning that more than 10,000 workers responsible for more than $100 billion in contracts and services could use it. ...