The government is consulting on a social media ban for under-16s, which would have a big impact on Meta's Instagram platform. The government is consulting on a social media ban for under-16s, which would have a big impact on Meta's Instagram platform. Campaigners decry ties with'Trump-supporting' tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systems Ministers have accepted $1m (£728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government's "alarmingly close relationship with Trump-supporting US tech giants". The money from Mark Zuckerberg's company will be used to pay experts to "develop cutting-edge AI solutions to support national security and defence teams", the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced on Tuesday. The money will pay for four British AI experts, coordinated by the government-funded Alan Turing Institute, to "play a pivotal role in rewiring our healthcare, police, transport systems and more", said Ian Murray, the minister for data and digital government.

The availability and sophistication degree of such services are fair measures of progress for any city. In this context, Geographic information systems " GIS " offers solutions that support the decision - making processes regarding management, planning and distribution of services, ultimately improving the standard of living in cities (Aziz, 2007, p. 11). Investigating services planning standards is one of the most relevant issues concerning human progress regarding its proper definition and needs. Planning standards can be reconsidered by studying the variation in the distribution of geographical phenomena and the characteristi cs of geographic areas. More effort should be exerted in defining these standards parallel to the characteristics of each region. Such efforts will facilitate appropriate allocation s of services and accurate definitions of future developmental efforts. The problem of the study is that the planning standards are not suitable for the characteristics of the Egyptian cities, which include more population and intensive daily use of services. The solution to this problem is to create new planning standards that suit the rapidly changing nature of cities, and to generate these criteria current services and their intensity and the built - up areas are going to be used to reflect the characteristics of the city, taking this abroach is a new way to generate such criteria. This study attempts to derive planning standards for public services in the city of Qena that are compatible with the characteristics of the city, the geographical distribution of the population, the built - up area, and the services therein.

Ministers are facing calls for greater transparency about public data that may be shared with the US tech company OpenAI after the government signed a wide-ranging agreement with the 300m ( 222m) company that critics compared to letting a fox into a henhouse. Chi Onwurah, the chair of the House of Commons select committee on science, innovation and technology, warned that Monday's sweeping memorandum of understanding between OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman, and the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, was "very thin on detail" and called for guarantees that public data would remain in the UK and clarity about how much of it OpenAI would have access to. The deal paves the way for the Silicon Valley firm behind ChatGPT to explore deploying advanced AI technology in areas including justice, defence and security, and education. It includes OpenAI and the government "partnering to develop safeguards that protect the public and uphold democratic values". Kyle said he wanted Britain to be "front and centre when it comes to developing and deploying AI" and "this can't be achieved without companies like OpenAI".

The text of the memorandum of understanding says the UK and OpenAI will "improve understanding of capabilities and security risks, and to mitigate those risks". It also says that the UK and OpenAI may develop an "information sharing programme", adding that they will "develop safeguards that protect the public and uphold democratic values". OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the plan would "deliver prosperity for all". "AI is a core technology for nation building that will transform economies and deliver growth," he added. The deal comes as the UK government looks for ways to improve the UK's stagnant economy, which is forecast to have grown at 0.1% to 0.2% for the April to June period.

Fox News anchor Bret Baier examines the U.S. power supply on'Special Report.' After more than two decades of serving in the U.S. Navy and building government systems, I have witnessed firsthand how millions of dedicated Americans work every day in service of their fellow citizens and the security of our democracy. I have also seen both the immense potential -- and frustrating inertia -- that plagues public service. An unrealized opportunity exists to connect the U.S. government's critical missions with the transformative power of commercial technology. Consider this: of the world's 10 largest companies by market capitalization, a staggering eight are American founded.

A Dragons' Den-style event this week, where tech companies will have 20 minutes to pitch ideas for increasing automation in the British justice system, is one of numerous examples of how the cash-strapped Labour government hopes artificial intelligence and data science can save money and improve public services. Amid warnings from critics that Downing Street has been "drinking the Kool-Aid" on AI, the Department of Health and Social Care this week announced an AI early warning system to detect dangerous maternity services after a series of scandals, and Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said he wants one in eight operations to be conducted by a robot within a decade. AI is being used to prioritise actions on the 25,000 pieces of correspondence the Department for Work and Pensions receives each day and to detect potential fraud and error in benefit claims. Ministers even have access to an AI tool that is supposed to provide a "vibe check" on parliamentary opinion to help them weigh the political risks of policy proposals. Again and again, ministers are turning to technology to tackle acute crises that in the past might have been dealt with by employing more staff or investing more money.

Tracking devices inserted under offenders' skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies to ministers who are gathering ideas to tackle the crisis in the UK justice system. The proposals were made at a meeting of more than two dozen tech companies in London last month, chaired by the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, minutes seen by the Guardian show. Amid an acute shortage of prison places and probation officers under severe strain, ministers told the companies they wanted ideas for using wearable technologies, behaviour monitoring and geolocation to create a "prison outside of prison". Those present included representatives of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir, which works closely with the US military and has contracts with the NHS. IBM and the private prison operator Serco also attended alongside tagging and biometric companies, according to a response to a freedom of information request.

Life event service is a direct digital public service provided jointly by several governmental institutions so that a person can fulfill all the obligations and use all the rights that arise due to a particular event or situation in personal life. Life event service consolidates several public services related to the same life event into one service for the service consumer. This paper presents an ontological analysis of life event services, which is based on the works by Guarino, Guizzardi, Nardi, Wagner, and others. The purpose of the ontological analysis is to understand the meanings of life event, proactive public service based on life event, and other related notions. This kind of ontological analysis is crucial because for implementing the hardware and software architectures of e-government and digital public services, it is essential to agree upon the precise meanings of the underlying terms.

The rapid adoption of generative AI in the public sector, encompassing diverse applications ranging from automated public assistance to welfare services and immigration processes, highlights its transformative potential while underscoring the pressing need for thorough risk assessments. Despite its growing presence, evaluations of risks associated with AI-driven systems in the public sector remain insufficiently explored. Building upon an established taxonomy of AI risks derived from diverse government policies and corporate guidelines, we investigate the critical risks posed by generative AI in the public sector while extending the scope to account for its multimodal capabilities. In addition, we propose a Systematic dAta generatIon Framework for evaluating the risks of generative AI (SAIF). SAIF involves four key stages: breaking down risks, designing scenarios, applying jailbreak methods, and exploring prompt types. It ensures the systematic and consistent generation of prompt data, facilitating a comprehensive evaluation while providing a solid foundation for mitigating the risks. Furthermore, SAIF is designed to accommodate emerging jailbreak methods and evolving prompt types, thereby enabling effective responses to unforeseen risk scenarios. We believe that this study can play a crucial role in fostering the safe and responsible integration of generative AI into the public sector.

An artificial intelligence tool hosted by Amazon and designed to boost UK Ministry of Defence recruitment puts defence personnel at risk of being identified publicly, according to a government assessment. Data used in the automated system to improve the drafting of defence job adverts and attract more diverse candidates by improving the inclusiveness language, includes names, roles and emails of military personnel and is stored by Amazon in the US. This means "a data breach may have concerning consequences, ie identification of defence personnel", according to documents detailing government AI systems published for the first time today. The risk has been judged to be "low" and the MoD said "robust safeguards" have been put in place by the suppliers, Textio, Amazon Web Services and Amazon GuardDuty, a threat detection service. But it is one of several risks acknowledged by the government about its use of AI tools in the public sector in a tranche of documents released to improve transparency about the central government's use of algorithms. Official declarations about how the algorithms work stress that mitigations and safeguards are in place to tackle risks, as ministers push to use AI to boost UK economic productivity and, in the words of the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, on Tuesday, "bring public services back from the brink".