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Open Olympics 2026: progress and challenges

Open Contracting Partnership

Alarmingly, 60% of projects bypassed initial environmental impact assessments, as it was deemed unnecessary or not required under current regulations. At a monitoring workshop organized by Libera. Nine implementing bodies are involved, with Simico S.p.A. overseeing nearly 60% of the projects and managing 74.5%

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National framework for AI assurance in Australian government: Guidance when building with AWS AI/ML solutions

AWS Public Sector

Human, societal and environmental wellbeing To maximise wellbeing and minimise impacts, we encourage you to focus on defining high-value, specific application use cases that address specific business needs. This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures.

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Procuring AI without understanding it. Way to go?

How to Crack a Nut

The AI procurement report presents evidence gathered by DRCF in two workshops with 23 vendors and buyers of algorithmic systems in Autumn 2022. The AI procurement report evidences that UK (public and private) buyers are procuring AI they do not understand and cannot adequately monitor. This is extremely worrying.