Dutch education and research network SURF’s Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) of Microsoft 365 Copilot finds persistent privacy and safety gaps that make the service unsuitable for broad use in schools and research institutions — and even after ongoing talks with Microsoft, two of the...
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Bath and North East Somerset Council used Microsoft Copilot to read and summarise thousands of public comments on Bath Rugby’s proposed 18,000‑seat stadium at the Recreation Ground, folding an AI‑assisted thematic analysis into the officer’s 121‑page planning report that went to councillors...
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Waitaki District Council’s cautious, staff-first rollout of generative AI shows how a small public body can harness large language models for practical gains—while keeping human judgment, privacy safeguards and governance firmly in the driver’s seat. The council’s chief digital officer, Teresa...
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A joint Aston University–University of Leeds partnership has secured a £3.4 million Research England Development Fund award to build the Artificial Intelligence Researcher Development Network Plus (AI.RDN+), a four‑year programme that will map how publicly available AI tools (from ChatGPT to...
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When a headline promises a human-centred revolution — "Reimagining the Human Element: How Sarala Nishank Pathi Is Revolutionizing HR with AI and Cloud Intelligence" — readers expect a clear trail of evidence: projects, customers, timelines, technical details and measurable outcomes. The original...
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Norway’s legal profession is at a decisive inflection point: by combining strict, fjord‑tested data protection rules with a newly modernised Lawyer Act, Norwegian firms can safely harvest huge productivity gains from generative AI — but only if they pick tools and deployment patterns that...
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Generative AI is rapidly moving from experimental pilots into day‑to‑day HR operations, and Microsoft’s Copilot ecosystem — together with specialist vendors and regional HR platforms — is already being used to automate recruiting, personalize onboarding, and surface people analytics, even as...
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