A potentially significant shift in US attitudes towards flows. What is judged as "sensitive" critical to whether this means greater use of existing WTO security exemptions. Or a serious test of US support for Data Free Flow with Trust G7 commitments.

Great to be part of King's Digital Futures Institute panel last night, Living well with technology: AI and the Future. The first 20 minutes of the recording looking at AI's impact on financial services, healthcare, art and law are worth a listen youtube.com/watch?v=s0htrO…

No commentary needed on HMG's response to its AI regulation consultation. It's the same position that was set out in March 2023. Were the last 11 months of UK global leadership on AI Safety a fever dream?

And one for the hardcore #scipol crowd... Reforming the DSIT business case process - an independent review by David Willetts! gov.uk/government/pub…

While appearing ectremely wonky this is really important. Process in the civil service is typically designed to manage risk, not opportunity. For a department like DSIT, which HAS to keep up with rapid technology change, a speedier, more agile business case process is critical.👍

🚀NEW BRIEFING outlining 8 quick & easy wins to boost civil service efficiency - from Jordan Urban of Institute for Government The new Govt will depend on the civil service to hit the ground running on its missions, but the civil service is riddled with inefficiencies and bureaucracy.

Really sensible stuff in here. As someone that left gov 6 months ago, this brought back painful memories of how bad the corporate systems are. Having seen the 'other side' it is also clear they are fixable. Jordan right to point out the efficiency/ productivity benefits of that.