{
  "id": 11165259,
  "title": "AI minister updates guidance after ‘don’t thank ChatGPT’ advice to civil servants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ai-minister-updates-guidance-after-dont-thank-chatgpt-advice-to-civil",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-01T10:09:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/ai-minister-updates-guidance-after-dont-thank-chatgpt-advice-to-civil-servants/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Britain's AI Minister Kanishka Narayan has revised government guidance urging civil servants to limit their use of AI. The updated advice reflects the minister's ambitions to accelerate AI adoption across Whitehall. The initial guidance, published last week, had recommended using AI only when necessary, selecting smaller models, and minimizing prompts to reduce energy consumption and costs. Narayan stated that while environmental consciousness and cost management are important, encouraging AI adoption is equally vital. The revised guidance emphasizes responsible use, requiring civil servants to verify AI outputs for inaccuracies, bias, or unfairness, and to safeguard sensitive information. The minister's revised advice comes amid efforts to expand AI use in government while managing associated risks and costs.",
  "summary": "Britain’s AI minister has ordered changes to government guidance that urged civil servants to limit their use of AI, saying it failed to reflect ministers’ ambitions to ramp up adoption across Whitehall. Kanishka Narayan said guidance published last week had now been updated after it advised government workers to use AI only when necessary, choose [...]",
  "key_points": [
    "AI Minister Kanishka Narayan revised government guidance on AI use by civil servants.",
    "Initial advice recommended limited AI use, smaller models, and minimal prompts."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}