Day: 18 December 2024

ICO intervention into AI recruitment tools leads to better data protection for job seekers

Stuart Mitchell

The ICO have issued a series of recommendations to AI developers and providers to ensure they are better protecting job seekers’ information rights. AI is increasingly being used in the recruitment process to save time and money, helping to source potential candidates, summarise CVs and score applicants. If not developed lawfully, these tools may negatively impact jobseekers who could be unfairly excluded from roles or have their privacy compromised.   The ICO audited several providers and developers of AI tools for recruitment and made almost 300 recommendations, such as ensuring personal…

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Climate change adaptation plans revealed as a crucial tool for Fairtrade farmers

Stuart Mitchell

Due to the expanding consequences of climate change, a growing number of Fairtrade producer organisations have developed and implemented climate change adaptation plans to help strengthen production, according to a newly released Fairtrade study. The study, titled “Exploratory Study into Climate Change Adaptation Plans and Measures in the Fairtrade System,” found that climate change adaptation plans have mostly been developed by coffee producers so far, representing 52 percent of the existing plans, likely because they became a core requirement in the 2022 update of Fairtrade Coffee Standard. However, some cocoa,…

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Nadiya Hussain launches WaterAid appeal to help get clean water to families around the world

Stuart Mitchell

TV chef and WaterAid ambassador Nadiya Hussain MBE last month launched the international charity’s ‘Where there’s water’ winter appeal, helping raise vital funds to turn on the taps in communities in Malawi and around the world and build a brighter future. The mother of three, who has supported WaterAid since 2016, saw first-hand the impact a lack of clean water can have on families during her childhood trips to visit her grandparents in Bangladesh. She’s said remembering the trips leaves her ‘in disbelief but better equipped’ to teach her children…

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Media Minister launches forum to advise on the future of UK television

Stuart Mitchell

The UK government is to scrutinise the future of linear TV broadcasting, as new research published today shows that some viewers could be excluded from the general shift towards online viewership. Senior representatives from Ofcom, TV broadcasters, infrastructure operators and organisations representing audiences will form a new working group, convened by Media Minister Stephanie Peacock MP. It will consider how all viewers, including older people and those without internet connectivity on their TV, can continue to access world-class British content as consumer habits continue to change. The group will consult…

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Ensuring trust in AI to unlock £6.5 billion over next decade

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s market for ensuring the trustworthiness of AI systems is poised to grow six-fold over the next decade – unlocking more than £6.5 billion as the UK government uses AI to kickstart growth. Using AI is central to the government’s plans for reforming the country’s public services and wider economy, going hand in hand with ensuring public trust in the innovations which will ultimately deliver these reforms.    Assurance ensures AI systems work as intended – in turn boosting public trust in the technology with a particular focus on making…

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