"These people are exactly who can help us create change across the public sector giving us the hard truths on our approach to AI and advising where we need to prioritise our investment to support real efficiencies, said Murray, who added that their advice will feed into efficiency processes ahead of the next spending review."
"Giving tech giants privileged access to decision-making around buying the very products they supply is clearly a risk, said Donald Campbell, director of advocacy. It's hard to understand how ministers seem to be unable to spot a potential conflict of interest which is blindingly obvious to everyone else."
"The move came after the technology secretary, Liz Kendall, last month said the government's goal was to make Britain the fastest AI adoption country in the G7. The Treasury said it showed it was committing to private sector engagement on the deployment of artificial intelligence across the public sector so it can improve efficiency and productivity."
UK government ministers held a meeting chaired by James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, with representatives from the Tony Blair Institute, IBM, Faculty AI, and other tech executives to guide AI deployment across government. The government aims to make Britain the fastest AI-adopting country in the G7 and improve public sector efficiency through artificial intelligence. However, campaign groups like Foxglove criticized the move as evidence of an inappropriately close relationship between government and Big Tech, arguing that giving tech companies privileged access to decision-making about purchasing their own products presents a clear conflict of interest. Ministers were expected to address criticisms regarding government AI procurement practices, talent shortages in Whitehall, and difficulties scaling pilot projects.
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