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UK Auditors Warn Government's £45B AI Savings Claim Doesn't Add Up
The UK's National Audit Office (NAO) has urged the government to properly account for AI's impact on civil service workforce planning, including staffing levels, roles, and required skills. The report casts doubt on the government's claim that AI and digital transformation could deliver £45 billion in annual efficiencies, warning that departments lack transparency in how they derived these figures and may be missing broader opportunities for workforce restructuring. Key obstacles highlighted include a shortage of digital and technical skills in the public sector, inconsistent efficiency planning across departments, and potential ethical concerns around AI deployment.
Ten Ways to Actually Use Codex at Work (Without Starting From Scratch)
ChatGPT Codex is most effective for everyday work when given real context — such as emails, calendars, documents, and dashboards — to produce ready-to-use outputs like briefs, summaries, decks, and process docs. The article outlines ten practical use cases, including daily work briefs, weekly updates, slide decks, decision memos, financial reviews, and workflow audits, each with suggested prompts and source materials. The core approach is to supply Codex with existing team materials and have it generate a first, reviewable draft that teams can then refine and act on.