AI Playbook for the UK Government

The UK Government launched the AI Playbook for 2025 to provide departments and public sector organisations with accessible technical guidance on the safe and effective use of AI. 

The playbook covers 10 core principles for AI use in government and public sector organisations. These are

Principle 1: You know what AI is and what its limitations are

Principle 2: You use AI lawfully, ethically and responsibly

Principle 3: You know how to use AI securely

Principle 4: You have meaningful human control at the right stage

Principle 5: You understand how to manage the AI life cycle

Principle 6: You use the right tool for the job

Principle 7: You are open and collaborative

Principle 8: You work with commercial colleagues from the start

Principle 9: You have the skills and expertise needed to implement and use AI

Principle 10: You use these principles alongside your organisation’s policies and have the right assurance in place 

The paper shows the interdependencies between some existing and emerging fields of AI. 

Microsoft Purview Data Governance Roadmap H1 CY2025

The Microsoft Purview Data Governance Roadmap H1 CY2025 has been shared

Purview Data Governance is aligned with the Microsoft Security wide semester planning process. Next roadmap update is expected in July 2025. The roadmap covers these four areas to enhance data governance, improve data quality, and leverage AI in data management.

Unified Data Catalog Roadmap

• Enhancements in catalog management, including glossary terms, custom attributes, and duplicate detection.
• Support for glossary migration and scoped access.
• Automation of workflows for publishing business concepts and data product access.

Data Quality Roadmap

• Support for multicloud and on-premises data sources.
• Actionable data quality features, including scheduling, alerting, and issue remediation.
• Incremental data quality scoring and expanded connectors for on-premises support.

Data Estate Health Roadmap

• Introduction of bring-your-own-compute (BYOC) capabilities.
• Enhanced controls and user experience for monitoring data assets and ensuring critical data governance.
• Reporting on data quality trend history.

AI for Data Governance & Copilot

• Natural language search and data discovery with Security Copilot.
• AI-assisted catalog management and data quality rule recommendations.