- Report Warnings Legacy Systems is a barrier to AI -adoption
- Almost one -third of the central British government systems are the end of life
- These systems also make up serious cyber security risks
Britain’s public spending Watchdog has released a report that outlines barriers to AI -admission, citing “Out -OF -Date inheritance IT systems” as a contributing factor as well as data from poor quality and data sharing of obstacles.
The department’s recommendations come as part of the British government’s plans to “loosen AI” with a plan to inject the technique into all corners of the British industry with an investment in the private sector of £ 14 billion.
The Committee for Public Accounts estimates as much as 28% of central government systems are “end-of-life” products that can no longer be updated, receive support from suppliers or are no longer cost-effective.
A question of urgency
These inheritance systems have a high priority for the Department of Science and Technology (DSIT), not only so that AI can be used more far -reaching, but because outdated technology can cause serious cyber security vulnerability.
But DSIT warns that “is no magic ball” and that hardware will take time and effort to replace and arrange, even admit that it needs “getting a better grip on the problem”. Of the 72 “red -classified” older systems that are highest risk, 21 still lack remedy financing, so there is a long way to go.
“The government has said it wants to head ai into the nation’s veins, but our report raises questions about whether the public sector is ready for such a procedure,” says committee chairman Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP.
“The ambition to exploit the potential of one of the most significant technological developments of modern times is of course welcome. Unfortunately, those who know our committee’s past control of the government’s honest sclerotic digital architecture are that any promises of sudden transformation are for the birds.”
