Google DeepMind
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4 weeks ago
Google DeepMind is partnering with the UK government to develop an AI-powered planning tool that assists local councils in processing housing applications. The prototype, built with Gemini, aims to reduce planning application decision times by 50%, with trials beginning in Barnet, Camden, and Dorset before nationwide rollout in 2027. Planning officers will retain final decision-making authority while the tool automates data extraction, policy identification, and report drafting to free up time for complex cases.
Google DeepMind
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1 month ago
Google developed an AI Control Roadmap framework to secure AI agents deployed internally by treating them as potentially misaligned systems that require defense-in-depth security beyond traditional alignment methods. The framework analyzes a million coding agent trajectories to identify behavioral patterns and scales monitoring from asynchronous review for low-risk actions to real-time prevention for high-risk threats like cyber attacks. This approach allows Google to grant AI agents incremental access based on verified behavior while maintaining oversight, similar to how a driving instructor retains control over a student driver.
