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Marcus Baw
@marcusbaw.com

#NHS England's spending is out of control. This is permanent Microsoft lock-in. The article describes Copilot being used for very 'clinical-sounding' tasks - what could possibly go wrong? "NHS prescribes half a million Copilot licenses for its paperwork headache" www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...

theregister.comNHS prescribes half a million Copilot licenses for its paperwork headacheAfter a trial claimed chatbot saved staff 43 minutes a day, NHS England has decided it's time to supersize the experiment

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Prof Joe McDonald
@comparesoftware.bsky.social

@chionwurah.bsky.social reached similar conclusions recently : MPs warn that Palantir’s increasing presence in the UK public sector is an “unacceptable point of weakness” - Committees - UK Parliament share.google/wsm0RDyuCTdf...

share.googleMPs warn that Palantir’s increasing presence in the UK public sector is an “unacceptable point of weakness” - Committees - UK ParliamentPalantir shouldn’t play such a significant role in the UK public sector, a new report by the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee warns, stressing that it’s not the only company ca...
Mike
@blu3id.bsky.social

NHS clinical leadership isn't helping. The vacuum and confusion from lack of explicit SaMD guidance from MHRA is letting leaders suggest "there is nothing to see here" and that routes to local certification for specific prompts would be potentially appropriate. 🤯