The politics of AI

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 27 June 2023 The politics of AI Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer both spoke at London Tech Week to present their visions of an AI future for the UK – we compare their plans. We […]

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Could social media revolutionise war crimes trials?

As the war in Ukraine rages into its 16th deadly month, investigators far from the frontlines are trawling through thousands of social media posts and hours of footage in an attempt to hold Russian soldiers and military leaders accountable for war crimes they’ve perpetrated since the illegal invasion began. Working for Bellingcat and the […]

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Post Office scandal inquiry phase 4: Here come the lawyers…

Phase 4 of the Horizon Inquiry is concerned with “Action against Sub-postmasters and others: policy making, audits and investigations, civil and criminal proceedings, knowledge of and responsibility for failures in investigation and disclosure.” A substantial part of this will be focused on the role of lawyers in the Horizon Scandal. Lawyers are crucial to […]

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Office workers feel AI is better than a human boss

A Censuswide survey for Business Name Generator has found that office-based workers prefer AI to their real bosses. In the survey of 1,005 UK and 1,037 US employees run in March 2023, one in five employees across the UK and US think a robot would do a better job than their current boss and […]

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Retail tech transformation: Winning boardroom hearts and minds

As Errol Gardner, global vice-chair of consulting at EY, a multinational professional services firm, explains in a TechTarget guest article in April, now is the time for the chief information officer (CIO) and tech leader to influence business change. “In the era of generative AI [artificial intelligence], 5G and increased investments in cloud and […]

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ChatGPT’s phishing ‘problem’ may not be overstated

Earlier in the year, 72% of cyber security leaders acknowledged they were worried cyber criminals would use AI to enhance their phishing emails and campaigns. Chatbots, in particular, can be used by cyber criminals to quickly and easily create well-worded, grammatically correct phishing emails. Soon after the launch of ChatGPT, one of our analysts […]

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Networking a reconfigured workspace | Computer Weekly

Office-based network infrastructure – the stuff that is installed within the guts of buildings – is made to last. But the equipment must also be upgraded as it reaches end of life. Upgrades are also driven by changes in working practices. The return to work after the Covid-19 pandemic, for example, when hybrid and […]

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ICO under fire for taking limited action over serious data breaches

Lawyers and data protection experts have criticised the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for limiting its enforcement action against Thames Valley Police (TVP) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), despite serious data protection failings that placed the lives of witnesses and prisoners at risk. While TVP was reprimanded for disclosing information that led to “suspected […]

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Microsoft slammed for hitting European cloud users with ‘unfair, additional’ charges

European enterprises and public sector organisations are spending billions of pounds extra each year for the privilege of running software they own in the Microsoft Azure public cloud, suggests research published by non-profit Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE). The research, carried out by Frédéric Jenny, emeritus professor of economics at the ESSEC […]

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