"The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OpenAI to provide civil servants with access to ChatGPT Enterprise. The MoU includes the option of UK data residency for customers using the OpenAI API Platform, ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu. OpenAI technology is being used across the UK government to provide artificial intelligence (AI) in several tools, including the Whitehall AI assistant, Humphrey, which has been designed to ease the administrative burden on civil servants."
"OpenAI technology is being used across the UK government to provide artificial intelligence (AI) in several tools, including the Whitehall AI assistant, Humphrey, which has been designed to ease the administrative burden on civil servants. OpenAI is also behind the government's Consult tool, which supports the policymaking process by automatically sorting public consultation responses, a task that typically takes officials weeks but can now be completed in minutes, while leaving important decisions to experts."
"However, given these businesses are predominantly US-headquartered, there is a risk that under the US Cloud Act, lawmakers have a legal route to access data held outside of the US. A bigger potential risk is if a foreign government prevents access to the services provided by a US-headquartered software provider. As a consequence, there are plans in Europe to develop sovereign AI and cloud infrastructure."
The Ministry of Justice has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI to give civil servants access to ChatGPT Enterprise and to offer UK data residency for OpenAI API, ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu. OpenAI technology is deployed across government tools including a Whitehall AI assistant, Humphrey, designed to reduce administrative burdens, and the Consult tool, which automatically sorts public consultation responses in minutes while preserving expert decision-making. The agreement supports the MoJ's AI action plan and will grant 2,500 employees access after a pilot showed time savings in writing, compliance, legal work, data and research, and document analysis. Geopolitical concerns and the US Cloud Act are driving plans for sovereign AI and cloud infrastructure in Europe to protect digital sovereignty.
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