The artificial intelligence (AI) of the government known as Humphrey is based on models of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, it can be revealed, which raises questions about Whitehall’s increasing dependence on great technology.
Ministers have deported the future of the official apparatus on rolling out AI in the public sector to improve efficiency, with all officials in England and Wales receiving training in the toolkit.
However, it is clear that the government does not have umbrella commercial similarities with the large technology companies on AI and a pay-as-you-go model used through its existing cloud contracts, so that it can exchange it through tools as they improve and become competitive.
Critics are concerned about the speed and scale of embedding AI from Big Tech in the heart of the government, especially when there is a huge public debate about the use of copyright protected material through technology.
Ministers are locked up in a battle with critics in the House of Lords about whether AI is unjustly trained in creative material without credit of compensation. The data account with which copyright protected material can be used, unless the rights holder chooses his last phase this week in a defeat for those fighting for further protections.
The issue has caused a fierce recoil from the creative sector, with artists such as Elton John, Tom Stoppard, Paul McCartney and Kate Bush who throw their weight behind a campaign to protect copyright protected material.
A request for freedom of information showed that the government consultation, Lex and Parlex tools of the government are designed to analyze consultations and legislative changes, used basic models of Open AI’s GPT, while his Redbox tool helps officials with daily tasks such as the preparation of letters, anthropic, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, gpt, and googini.
Ed Newton-Rex, the Chief Executive of Fairly Training, who has obtained the FOI and campaigns against AI who is trained on copyright protected material, said there was potential for a conflict when the government also thinks about how this sector should deal with copyright.
He said: “The government cannot effectively regulate these companies if they are baking in its inner operation as quickly as possible. These AI models are built through the unpaid exploitation of the work of creatives.
“AI makes a lot of mistakes, so we have to expect that these errors will appear in the work of the government. Ai is so familiar for ‘hallucinating’ – that is, doing things wrong – that I think the government should keep transparent reports of Humphrey’s mistakes, so that the constant use of them can be periodically rehabilated.”
Shami Chakrabarti, the campaigner of the Labor Peer and Civil Liberties, also insisted on caution and to be aware of prejudices and inaccuracies such as those in the Horizon computer system that led to the miscarriage of justice for post office.
Whitehall -sources said that Humphrey -tools all worked in different ways, but users could follow different approaches to tackle “hallucinations” or inaccuracy, and the government is constantly publishing evaluations about the accuracy of technology in tests. A AI Playbook for the government Also understands guidelines to help civil servants to quickly use the technology of technology and offers advice on how they can ensure that people have control over decisions in the right phases.
The costs of using AI in the government are expected to grow as Humphrey is rolled out, but officials say that the prices of AI-per use in industry are bent down because models are becoming more efficient.
Whitehall -sources said that large projects such as the use of AI by the Scottish government to analyze consultation -have cost less than £ 50 and saved many hours of work.
The use of the AI minute software of the government to take notes for a meeting of one hour of one hour costs less than 50p and his early data shows that officials save an hour of admin every time.
A spokesperson for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said: “AI has a huge potential to make public services more efficient by completing basic control tasks, so that experts can concentrate on the important work they are hired to deliver.
“Our use of this technology in no way limits our ability to regulate it, just as the NHS obtains both medicines and regulates robust.
“Humphrey, our package of AI tools for civil servants, was built by AI experts in the government -keeping costs low when we experiment with what works best.”
When the Guardian Chatgpt asked which basic models were used for the Humphrey Ai Toolkit and if open AI was involved, it replied that the information was not available.
The moment the tool was announced earlier this year, the government said that its strategy for issuing £ 23 billion a year in technological contracts would be changed, stimulating opportunities for smaller technical startups.
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