Google plans to train 100,000 civil servants in AI and digital services by 2030, aligning with a government goal for tech roles. The collaboration includes developing a cross-government cyber security platform for public sector threats. A new AI tool, Extract, will digitize planning documents to reduce bureaucratic delays in construction, supporting the goal of building 1.5 million homes. Google Cloud aims to expand its public sector presence and has established a dedicated division for this purpose.
"It's an agreement that recognises our value...as a huge client of their organisation, and how important their technology is to help us deliver changes to public services, to make them more in touch, more in tune and better value for money for taxpayers."
"The agreement signals and signifies our determination to exploit the full potential of a partnership between government and Google, with much more collaboration between the UK AI Lab, DeepMind and my own AI developers in my department [DSIT]."
"It could be pivotal in our plan to stop bureaucracy holding up construction and ultimately to help us build the 1.5 million homes we pledged to do over the course of this Parliament."
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