AI safety measures, GDS leadership change, CDDO's roadmap progress

From AI safety evaluations and new security measures to leadership changes at GDS and progress on CDDO's digital roadmap, check out this month's Digital Government News roundup.

In this edition…

?? AI safety measures: The UK government's newly established AI Safety Institute published a blog?presenting results from its recent evaluations of five large language models already used?by the public.

The government also unveiled new measures, anticipated to establish a global benchmark for enhancing the protection of AI models against hacking and sabotage.

Meanwhile, according to a report from The Turing's Centre for Emerging Technology and Security, AI must be viewed as a valuable tool to support senior national security decision-makers in Government and intelligence organisations.

?? GDS leadership change: After 3.5 years at the helm of GDS and 10 years in the Civil Service, Tom Read will leave in June. He said a successor would be announced soon .?

?? CDDO's roadmap progress: Sam Lawler looks at the progress made over the last two years since the publication of the?government's 2022-25 roadmap for digital and data.

?? Data-driven decisions: Sarah Blake from Ministry of Justice - looks at the organisation's mission to enable data-driven decision-making within the Criminal Justice System.

??? Cyber Assessment Framework 3.2: The NCSC released the latest version ?reflecting the increased threat to critical national infrastructure.

?? GOV.UK One Login: The GDS has outlined its principles for creating a service that allows users to verify their identity . The document also highlights how GOV.UK One Login is working to adhere to these principles.

?? HMRC's digital services: A National Audit Office report found that HMRC's digital services function well but haven't alleviated pressure on customer services as anticipated. The report cited the need to promote awareness and build confidence in using digital offerings.?

??? Parliamentary digital strategy: The Parliamentary Digital Service has developed a strategy to?set the direction for Parliament's use of information, data and digital.

What else you need to know…

?? A blog by DfE Digital, Data and Technology looks at how they've made the service assessment process more accessible and more consistent. Staying with assessments, David Thomas reflects on his recent work assessing the Defra Forms service and offers some tips for teams preparing for assessment.

??? To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Defra shared the accessibility tools it uses , while Participant Lead ?? Jason Stockwell wrote about how they find accessibility participants for user research. Meanwhile Richard Morton , Head of Accessibility at the Central Digital and Data Office, explains what people can do to understand the importance of digital accessibility .

??? Ensuring services are the best they can be and at the lowest cost relies heavily on end-to-end ownership. Learn about single-service ownership – what it entails and its future prospects – in the blog by Nicola Betz , Strategic Projects Lead, CDDO.?

??? Steven Shukor , Principal Content Designer, shares insights on setting standards for content style across the Home Office. Staying with content design, Dave Alexander from the UK Hydrographic Office discusses how content-first design can improve the customer experience.

??? Dave O'Gorman, Head of Delivery at DLUHC, sheds light on an innovative approach to asynchronous working in the DLUHC delivery community of practice.

??? Diane Washbrook writes about the key components of a sustainable low-code service model and how Defra is working towards this.

And finally…

Data Mesh in Government: In today's data-driven landscape, every government department faces the challenge of making better decisions using data. In this video, Seyed P. Razavi-Nematollahi , a Lead Solutions Architect at Zaizi, looks at how you can do this successfully. ?? Watch here

Agile government innovation: Tiny teams, mighty impact: As government agencies strive to drive innovation and deliver better services to citizens, many are embracing agile methodologies and experimenting with new structures like "tiny teams." Here's Jaie Samson , Principal Delivery Manager at Zaizi, on the rationale behind using such teams. ?? Read here?

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