Glen McAlpine

Tech comms.

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

We built PlanAssist to help UK Government planning officers speed up building and renovations across the country.

Built with Gemini, it has shown it can cut the time planning officers spend assessing householder applications by up to 58%. It is now being made available to 12 more councils to help them to make faster decisions. 🏡 → https://t.co/L3tGJNtiAC

[Zvi Mowshowitz @TheZvi]

How to interpret graphs, Gemini 4 Argon model card and Opus 5.5 edition.

[Marc Warner @MarcWarner10]

Very cool!

And great to be able to talk publicly about our wonderful work with DeepMind, and the extensive safety testing that we did on this model!

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

We’re partnering with Accenture on independent evaluation of frontier AI—part of our recent commitment to embed evaluators at Anthropic. Both we and Accenture expect to invest at least $1 billion to build capacity in this area over the next five years. https://t.co/SHVzjpgnfx

[Rowland Manthorpe @rowlsmanthorpe]

New: the government is expanding one AI tool and launching another in order to speed up England's excruciatingly slow planning process

I saw a demo yesterday

The first tool is designed to create usable data from this👇

[Xander Davies @alxndrdavies]

We @AISecurityInst red teamed Fable 5's cyber safeguards. In a brief initial testing window—a few days of dedicated testing—we made what we believe to be substantial progress towards a universal jailbreak. 🧵 w details 1/4

[Feryal Clark MP @FeryalClark]

As a parent, I know how frustrating it is have to carry a paper booklet with me every time I take my children to the doctors – that should’ve been fixed years ago!

I’m delighted that we’re able to bring the NHS into the 21st century, reducing admin for parents when it matters.

[Hugo Gye @HugoGye]

The https://t.co/h4OyrDmehX app is available to the public today

Not many features on it for now - essentially a more user-friendly way of accessing existing webpages - but it will rapidly expand, with digital ID by end of the year

Details @theipaper: https://t.co/PuiWR5yKQv

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The GOV.​UK App will launch tomorrow morning

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

Ahead of #LondonTechWeek, we're announcing the development of the National Digital Exchange, a first-of-its-kind platform which will transform how the public sector buys tech.

With smarter AI tools and user reviews, it could save taxpayers up to £1.2bn a year by helping schools, hospitals, and councils make smarter, faster decisions on digital tools.

[Peter Kyle @peterkyle]

I welcomed ABBA's @BUlvaeus to Westminster today to discuss how we can deliver clarity to the UK’s copyright landscape and the opportunities AI brings.

We are working to deliver a solution which increases control for rights holders while building greater transparency

[Peter Kyle @peterkyle]

We’re already delivering on our promise to make one in ten civil servants a tech expert by 2030.

The TechTrack apprenticeship scheme will bring new talent to the civil service, adding digital expertise across departments to innovate and improve services.

[Peter Kyle @peterkyle]

Disruption, with clear leadership, is a force for good.

We started this work in July, and a year on, government services will be in your hand through the https://t.co/LBaN6Ntsiq App.

By doubling the digital workforce, we're turbocharging government efficiency.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Technology Secretary @peterkyle suggests phone waiting times for public services could be cut in half by using artificial intelligence ⬇️📞

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

Vous comprenez?

@peterkyle is attending the Paris #AIActionSummit, meeting governments & industry from across the world to discuss the opportunities & benefits of AI.

AI Dubbing software from UK company @synthesiaIO is just one example, helping us join the global conversation.

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

The government is publishing a new Civil Service AI Playbook to give technical experts across the public sector guidelines on how to use AI.

This will provide practical tips to help the public sector build tech to speed up responses and transform services for citizens - delivering the Plan for Change.

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

Watch the full video: https://t.co/hj6vjbT8Me

[Jack Elsom @JackElsom]

Peter Kyle has gone full tech bro

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

Taxpayer funded services are missing out on £45 billion in productivity savings due to old tech – enough to pay for every primary school in the UK for a year.

To tackle this, @peterkyle will announce ambitions reforms this week to put AI and tech to work for the public sector.

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

Ordering a pint under 25 can be hard,
Searching your wallet to find your ID card;

But next year, with new laws ‘cross the land,
You can prove your age with the phone in your hand.

So it’s Christmas! Raise your glass with a smile!
Want to know more? Here’s @PeterKyle.

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