In a deliberately fictional exercise staged by IPAA ACT, a cabinet decision to replace frontline public servants with AI agents culminates in spectacle and sharp lessons: procurement defaults to a dominant vendor, automated casework produces unexpected harms for vulnerable communities, and an...
accountability
agentic ai
ai governance
auditing
australian public sector
data governance
dataminimisationdata privacy
government procurement
human in the loop
multi-agent orchestration
on-device ai
procurement governance
public sector ai
social licence
transparency
vendor lock-in
Microsoft's Xbox division has quietly begun nudging UK players to prove they are adults — and made clear that failure to do so will blunt the console's social engines beginning in early 2026, a direct consequence of the UK's Online Safety Act and the regulator's demand for "highly effective" age...
age verification
biometric age estimation
dataminimisation
facial age estimation
family accounts
gaming industry
geolocation masking
heaa
identity verification
ofcom
parental controls
privacy
regulatory compliance
social features
third party integrations
uk online safety act
vpn bypass
xbox
yoti