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23 04 2024

TUC calls for AI to be regulated in the workplace – Consensus HR in Herts, Beds

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The TUC has warned that Britain is failing to keep up with the regulation of AI in the workplace, leaving workers vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination. It has proposed a legal blueprint for regulating AI, including a legal duty for employers to consult trade unions on the use of high-risk and intrusive forms of the technology. Other countries such as the US, China, and Canada are already implementing new laws for the use of AI. TUC assistant general secretary Kate Bell said: “UK employment law is simply failing to keep pace with the rapid speed of technological change. We are losing the race to regulate AI in the workplace. AI is already making life-changing calls in the workplace, including how people are hired, performance managed and fired. We urgently need to put new guardrails in place to protect workers from exploitation and discrimination. This should be a national priority. Other countries are regulating workplace AI – so that staff and employers know where they stand. The UK can’t afford to drag its feet and become an international outlier.”

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Our HR Comment / Advice: TUC calls for AI to be regulated in the workplace – Consensus HR in Herts, Beds

Matthew Chilcott, FCIPD, ACEL, Owner of Consensus HR comments: “AI seems to have been a very hot topic within the business world for quite some time now, with many variations out there in the IT world. I have spoken to a few business colleagues about its use, and some are keen users and others, not so and prefer to stick with human marketeers as we do, whilst also writing it ourselves. This article reported in a few media channels and in relation to the TUC – Trade Union Congress makes an interesting point. Our Chartered Institute Of Personnel & Development (CIPD) have written a Policy in relation to AI and Chat GPT outlining Risks, Use and Confidential or Sensitive information and we are sure that this just the start as AI may become used more.”

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06 12 2023

Government issues draft guidance on working with AI | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds

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With the Government calling on the business community and experts to help shape final guidance, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Innovate UK have issued draft guidance to help employers to give their workers the skills they need for jobs alongside artificial intelligence (AI).

The aim is to help employers boost their employees’ understanding of AI so they can use it safely in their day-to-day role. The draft sets out the key knowledge, skills and behaviours they should have in order to reap the benefits of AI safely — including how to use AI tools effectively such as Large Language Models and the safe and secure management of sensitive data.

Minister for AI, Viscount Camrose, said: “This guidance will be vital in helping us realise that ambition, continuing an important conversation with businesses across the UK to make sure the steps they can take are practical, functional, and successful.”

Having a workforce which is equipped to work alongside AI will, he continued, drive growth for businesses and allow them to realise the enormous opportunities AI presents in every sector of the economy.

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The AI Skills for Business Framework builds upon established models of professional competence and reflective practitioner approaches, the guide states.

The Framework is formed of five dimensions with Dimensions A through D providing skills against key phases of the AI project lifecycle while the professional values introduced in Dimension E are expected to underpin activity across all areas.

The five dimensions are:

Dimension A: Data privacy and stewardship
Dimension B: Specification, acquisition, engineering, architecture storage and curation
Dimension C: Problem definition and communication
Dimension D: Problem solving, analysis, statistical modelling, visualisation.
Dimension E: Evaluation and reflection.

CIPD – HR Inform – 5^th December 2023.

Our HR Comment: – Government issues draft guidance on working with AI | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds

Matthew P Chilcott, FCIPD, ACEL, Owner of Consensus HR comments: “With Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the news more frequently, it is great to see that a business framework has been set up which works with established models of professional competence with Dimensions A – E and we wait to see how this gets implemented into the business environment. AI is definitely the future and seems to be proving more and more valuable to business in general and a Consensus HR, we wait to see how / if it affects the way we provide our HR services and products to our clients. We have always said that can never see it playing a big part in the employee lifecycle and the HR world but reading recent articles in the press, it may have a part to play in the administration side of HR. We wait to see.”

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03 11 2023

Musk tells Sunak that AI will mean people no longer need to work | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds

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Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk sat down for talks about the future of artificial intelligence as the UK’s summit on AI safety came to a close on Thursday. The wide-ranging discussion included questions about the future of work, with the Tesla billionaire suggesting that AI will one day eradicate the need for jobs. On the topic of robots, Musk emphasised the need to have an off switch for humanoid cyborgs. “A humanoid robot can basically chase you anywhere,” he said, adding, “it’s something we should be quite concerned about. If a robot can follow you anywhere, what if they get a software update one day, and they’re not so friendly anymore?” Elsewhere, Sam Altman, the founder of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, has said that older workers could be squeezed out of the job market because they will lack the artificial intelligence skills of their junior colleagues. Speaking at the University of Cambridge, Altman said younger workers are starting to outperform more experienced staff because they are more comfortable using AI tools in their job.

Our HR comment: – Musk tells Sunak that AI will mean people no longer need to work | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds

Matthew P Chilcott, FCIPD, ACEL, Owner of Consensus HR comments: “Following the latest news since the Bletchley Park meeting of the UK Summit on AI, I am not surprised to see this in the press and the range of stories that are currently being told in the news. AI is definitely going to make a change to the way we all work but can you ever really take the personal management and customer service out of a business? At Consensus HR we like to work with our clients to ensure that their culture includes their team playing a key part in the business and the service that it offers to the customers and cannot really ever see the personal, human contact ever disappearing, well not in my lifetime anyway. We wait to see, but what are your views and the latest that in the future, humans will not have to work, only for fun, if they wish to?

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20 07 2023

Gen Z’s AI fluency can provide a career advantage.

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Gen Z workers, who entered the workforce during the pandemic, are making up for missed opportunities by leveraging their native AI fluency, reports BBC Worklife. As the first truly digital generation, their openness to new technology puts them at the forefront of the modern workplace. Younger people are more accepting and willing to adapt AI into their daily lives and work, and Gen Z employees are using AI tools to optimise their tasks and contribute meaningfully to their teams. Their AI knowledge helps them innovate, streamline processes, and bridge the gap between technical and non-technical roles. Additionally, their familiarity with AI makes them flexible and dynamic employees who can play a crucial role in shaping ethical AI practices and building bridges with older colleagues. However, while AI fluency provides a career advantage, well-rounded skills and adaptability continue to be highly valued by employers.

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Our HR Comment: Gen Z’s AI fluency can provide a career advantage.

Matthew P Chilcott, FCIPD, ACEL, Owner of Consensus HR comments: “We have written many blogs of Generation Z which can be seen below but this latest article from the BBC demonstrates how this generation are more willing to adapt and accept AI as the way forward. The news at the moment is all about AI and how many companies have been using it for customer service and finding the results extremely beneficial in comparison to a human dealing with the complaint. Time will tell and we are really in the early days at the moment, but we are aware of some companies using AI in their recruitment of new employees which is a strict no, but will this change in the future as AI becomes more acceptable as a legitimate process? As previously stated, we do not use AI for anything at present within Consensus HR and all our HR is provided personally by a human!”

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11 07 2023

From Jobcentre Plus to AI: Labour’s ambitious plan to boost employment.

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Shadow Works and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth has said that Labour would use artificial intelligence to help those looking for work prepare their CVs, find jobs, and receive payments faster. Mr Ashworth said he thought the Department for Work and Pensions was wasting millions of pounds by not using cutting-edge technology, even as the party also says AI could also cause massive disruption to the jobs market. Both Ashworth and Lucy Powell, the shadow digital secretary, are making speeches about AI today. Ashworth will say AI could make as big a difference to job-seeking as when the Blair government set up Jobcentre Plus in 2002. “Jobcentre Plus services was an important reform of the Blair/Brown years, but it needs to get better at getting people back into work,” he will say. “DWP broadly gets 60% of unemployed people back to work within nine months. I think by better embracing modern tech and AI we can transform its services and raise that figure.”

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Our Comment: From Jobcentre Plus to AI: Labour’s ambitious plan to boost employment.

Matthew Pinto-Chilcott, FCIPD, ACEL comments: “What with AI being largely in the news lately, I suppose it was only a matter of time when the Government would start to use it and although Labour are not in Government now will the Conservatives now consider it? When business networking I speak to several people who now use it for their business blogs and marketing (We do not!) and find it very useful but when I talk to marketing people, they say you can tell if AI has written it as it is not personal. What are your views? At Consensus HR, we do not use AI for anything and to be honest cannot ever see us using it as HR needs to be personal to the team and company that demonstrates human behaviours but who knows times may change but hopefully not in my time!

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29 03 2023

UK government to adopt ‘light touch’ rules around AI

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The UK government says its plans for how it wants to regulate artificial intelligence technology – including the powerful “language model” called Chat-GPT – will “turbocharge” the growth of AI in the UK, while countering the potential risks of rapidly emerging computer intelligence to society. “We’re not denying the risks,” said Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, Michelle Donelan. “That’s why we’ve got a proportionate framework in terms of this regulatory approach, one that can help the UK to seize the opportunities.” The government is not proposing new laws but is instead looking to existing regulators such as the Health and Safety Executive and the Competition and Markets Authority to apply key principles around safety, transparency, and accountability to emerging AI. “If we legislate now, it will be out of date,” said Ms Donelan. “We want a process that can be nimble, can be agile, can be responsible can prioritise safety can prioritise transparency, but can keep up with the pace of the change that’s happening in this sector.”

Matthew Pinto-Chilcott, Owner of Consensus HR comments: “AI, Artificial Intelligence. Does it worry you? One point, I always think with Human Resources (HR) and operations in general is that you need that personal contact with all members of the team to be able to manage effectively for the business and employees. However, could AI replace some areas of it? Personally, I do not believe so, but may be in the future there may be areas that are allocated to AI but thankfully at the moment there is not. Especially with the prevention of using AI for recruitment but I do now see a number of AI companies that claim they can write you blogs for you, if required. Thankfully at Consensus HR, all our blogs and topics are chosen and written by us but we also have the support when needed by a marketing professional as our Chartered specialism is HR and Employment Law which is accredited by leading professional bodies, including the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board.

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