Guidance issued for public sector AI use as Whitehall trials chatbots
A civil servants union says legislation is needed to regulate the use of AI by public sector organisations.
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Sophia Waterfield
Sophia is a reporter for Tech Monitor. She co-founded start-up magazine Paranting Magazine and previously worked as a SEO reporter for Newsweek. She has a BJTC-accredited journalism undergraduate degree from the University for the Creative Arts and has worked in technology and healthcare for over a decade.
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