UK government plans to use AI to automate civil service work, cut jobs
• UK government wants to use AI to draft responses to parliamentary inquiries and summarize public consultations, aiming to cut civil service jobs • Deputy PM Dowden claims AI tool can do work of 25 civil servants in 3 months; wants to embrace tech to drive civil service numbers down • Dowden aligns with PM Sunak's hopes to increase government productivity through technology • Government won't use AI for "novel, contentious or highly politically sensitive areas" • AI division budget to increase from £5M to £110M as division staff numbers double from 30 to 70