The UK government is fully committed to advancing AI technology, releasing an AI Strategy, planning new data centers, and enhancing AI supply chains. However, a significant issue persists with legacy IT systems in central government, with 28% labeled as outdated and 70% in some areas. High costs of inefficiencies and failures in the public sector complicate the urgency to upgrade. The continuing operation of outdated systems, such as the Post Office Horizon system, illustrates the dangers of this legacy issue, highlighting the challenges of getting leadership to focus on essential IT infrastructure improvements rather than new AI initiatives.
"For years this problem has plagued both public and private sector organisations. However, the issue is more complex for the public sector as the cost of getting things wrong is very high, as is the cost of doing nothing."
"It's always going to be more difficult to get senior leaders to focus on the plumbing. Fixing broken IT is simply not as sexy as AI."
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