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Robert Booth

@robert_booth

Guardian UK technology editor

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“Staff were in tears, residents were being led to awaiting vehicles, confused and scared.” How a care home shut with just a few hours notice - just one example of the crumbling of England's care system. DMs open if you have stories to tell theguardian.com/society/2021/d…

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"Collusion", "cover-up" and "concealment instead of candour" - the Grenfell inquiry searchlight finally turns to the government theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/d…

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Today would normally be the Guardian charity telethon which is usually brilliant fun - and reveals our readers’ amazing generosity. It’s been cancelled this year sadly, but please do consider giving to the appeal which is still on here. Thanks theguardian.com/society/2021/d…

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Devastating letter sent today to Boris Johnson from HannahLBrady whose father's Covid death certificate was signed on 20 May 2020. "My dad didn’t have much in his life, but he had his integrity and a sense of right and wrong...do the right thing and own up". theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…

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Ballymore to rethink "scary" application for apartment skyscraper with just one staircase after we exposed campaigners' concerns yesterday and the London Fire Brigade stepped in this morning theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…

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“I beat the crap out of him” - a new theory of why top chefs are violent and abusive: isolated kitchens create a “geography of deviance”. theguardian.com/food/2022/jan/…

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Stinking waste stored in a bath and fears people are being "warehoused" in "care hotels" as NHS struggles to discharge patients - a care worker blows the whistle theguardian.com/society/2022/f…

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I'm writing about digital exclusion - here's a chance to unburden yourselves of those stories of phone/app woe afflicting you and your families theguardian.com/technology/202…

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AI guiding Home Office immigration enforcement: tech making "cruelty and harm more efficient" or "leading to better decision-making and reducing unnecessary detention"? theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

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TikTok is the most likely place for teenagers to encounter real-life violent content, followed by X, according to the survey by the Youth Endowment Fund of more than 10,000 13- to 17-year-olds. theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

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Is the UK “flying blind” about the deployment of AI in the public sector? It is too difficult to find out what algorithms are being used, where and with what effect. Any insiders who might shed light, please do get in touch in confidence.

Is the UK “flying blind” about the deployment of AI in the public sector? It is too difficult to find out what algorithms are being used, where and with what effect. Any insiders who might shed light, please do get in touch in confidence.
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This is why greater transparency about the use of AI in UK public sector seems to be urgently needed. Anyone with first hand info about its application please get in touch.

This is why greater transparency about the use of AI in UK public sector seems to be urgently needed. Anyone with first hand info about its application please get in touch.