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  • Coders and tech engineers have saved almost an hour a day by using AI assistants to help them write code and build new technology.
  • More than 1,000 tech experts used the assistant across 50 different government departments โ€“ driving productivity through the Plan for Change.
  • Follows the government pledging to save time on things that AI can do better and more quickly, in bid to find ยฃ45 billion efficiency savings from technology and AI across the public sector.
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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah, the old "change quality for speed trick".

[โ€“] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

In other news .. UK suffers productivity loss due to extensive rewite of essential services software after it was discovered that the automatic code generation tools created data breaches without anyone noticing.

Assumed Intelligence does not provide answers, it provides responses that look like the answer.

No no, it's ok, we can sell the government different AI to scan for those vulnerabilities /s

[โ€“] absquatulate@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

...except they haven't, have they? They still have to work 40h a week ( not including OT ) under increasing pressure to deliver fast. Productivity may have increased, yes, but they haven't saved shit.

[โ€“] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

That, and also productivity most likely increased only if measured in some bullshit KPIs like lines of code/minute