UK to unveil ‘Humphrey’ assistant for civil servants with other AI plans to cut bureaucracy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/uk-to-unveil-humphrey-assistant-for-civil-servants-with-other-ai-plans-to-cut-bureaucracy/

He was young and keen. He’d watched his Party languish in opposition. Impotent. He’d become a member first, and then a candidate because he wanted to change things. The election victory gave his Party the opportunity, gave him the chance to make a difference. The Party had policies ready. He was ready. As he entered the ministry he smiled, he knew the AI would be conservative, reluctant to move quickly. If it could think, it would see him as a “here today, gone tomorrow politician”. He doubted he’d be able to manage it. That’s why he’d brought his own AI.