peterkwells
@peterkwells.com
BlackpoolFC, books, tech, people, policy & delivery, realist. Hopes to make stuff work for everyone. https://peterkwells.com
"Announcing Cloudflare Wallets: the programmable wallet for the agentic Internet" blog.cloudflare.com/wallets/ (reservation link for ppl who like to get usernames: cloudflare.pay)
Announcing Cloudflare Wallets: The programmable wallet for the agentic Internet
Cloudflare Wallets will provide AI agents with native payments and verifiable identity on the web. Using the x402 protocol, agents can autonomously purchase APIs and content within clear safety guardr...
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(You do have to wonder how close the UK AISI was to causing real world harm through this approach, or even, if they have but have not noticed yet. Regardless of there being some legal uncertainty over who'd be liable, from the standpoint of political liability the UK govt certainly would be...)
peterkwells@peterkwells.com · 13h agoUseful report from UK AISI, but - even tho they're changing evaluation methods - making it "common practice" to test "maximum capability" of coding/hacking nachine on open internet with safeguards "deliberately disabled" feels a brave decision to have made... www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...
Alt: more arguments and legal fights over people's ability to use which loo commence, while everyone still needs to be able to go to the loo without being harassed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force
The code covers spaces open to the public, such as toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland.
bbc.co.uk
Useful report from UK AISI, but - even tho they're changing evaluation methods - making it "common practice" to test "maximum capability" of coding/hacking nachine on open internet with safeguards "deliberately disabled" feels a brave decision to have made... www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...
An irregular reminder that in the <Hollywood VoiceOver voice> Age of AI </> things like consultations need to be reimagined/redesigned by going back to their various purposes* (* purposes that sometimes aren't just about 'consulting' in sense of collecting evidence/views)
The Ferret@theferret.scot · yesterdayObjectNow says it helped 50,000 people across the UK submit planning objections in 2025. Since Scotland stopped accepting emails, it says no local group has approached it to launch a campaign against a major Scottish energy project
I've written a long blog post about AI Agents and the need for those running services to prepare - technically, operationally, commercially, strategically, legally and in terms of policy. AI Agents could be a properly huge deal. There. I wrote it. loosemore.com/2026/08/04/k...
Know Your Agent: Why you should act now, to avoid playing catch-up later
Back in March, I was beaten by the bins. I’d spent a happy few evenings (and a great many tokens) trying to build a simple web app: share any UK address, find out which bins to put out, and w…
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"I [wanted to sell my house but] was turned down by 21 estate agencies as I don’t have a passport or smartphone" www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
The most important thing you need to know about Clacton is that the chippies leave the skin on the fish.
I like that this archive of incorrect AI predictions is built on Lovable boyswhocriedai.lovable.app/archive
Archive of Incorrect AI Predictions
Filterable list and timeline of dated AI forecasts: falsified and currently open.
boyswhocriedai.lovable.app
Metropolitan Police 'set up Palantir-only scam and tried to dodge scrutiny from their own Authority'
London mayor Sadiq Khan accuses Palantir of bypassing procurement rules
The Met Police intended “at each stage” to award the larger contract to the U.S. tech firm, a legal statement claims.
politico.eu
Entering the weekend after hearing that some family members who've been fighting a long, tough battle against <some institutions> appear to have won So, of course, I'm singing the Clash - while changing the lyrics :)) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8c...
The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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Well, the government has a seven page memo on devolution and England and... there is a lot in there! Will add some thoughts, but the most striking thing is the pace. A lot of the serious reforms are due to come in April 2028 - this is not a gradual roadmap! www.gov.uk/government/p...
Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement
This publication sets out this government's plan to fundamentally rewire the state by shifting power, funding and accountability from Whitehall to local leaders
gov.uk
The full "cabinet statement" on devolution is out. It represents a huge change to the way our state is organised. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 6d agoToday's devolution announcements show that this govt is serious about doing it right. My post from this week on why I'm optimistic and the five big challenges to making it work. samf.substack.com/p/burnhams-d...
To paraphrase something, this is about doing the hard work to make it local www.gov.uk/government/p...
Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement
This publication sets out this government's plan to fundamentally rewire the state by shifting power, funding and accountability from Whitehall to local leaders
gov.uk
Tired: massive investments in data centres and transforming services to use AI Wired: massive investments in cybersecurity and creating resiliency through fallback services that don't use the Internet www.anthropic.com/news/investi...
Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environmen...
anthropic.com
Parts of the GDPR are cited and interpreted by thousands of pieces of case law and guidance, but there's no easy and free way to find out what. We've made a tool which makes it super easy, for 13,000 citing documents, all in one place. More regulations to come! homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/law...
Good to see there's a line Now keep the momentum up and take the same attitude towards the people - and governments, and businesses - treating football clubs as investment products and ignoring the fans the game is for www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations
UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.
uefa.com
[Under UK law] When an AI agent escapes the sandbox: who reports, and who answers? www.hsfkramer.com/insights/202...
When an AI agent escapes the sandbox: who reports, and who answers? | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Global law firm
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We request that the US government come and take our hands off our keyboards www.pacingthefrontier.com
Pacing the Frontier
A statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companies
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1/2 This and similar incidents should be called out for what it is. A Home Office official manufactured country information to refuse an asylum case. Some lawyers have been doing the same to try to win their cases. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’
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Hunh A reminder that someone recently wrote a post about the need to design AI tools in public services for accountability which was focussed slightly somewhere else but contains design tips that might be useful in whateverthehellhappenedhere... peterkwells.com/2026/07/17/d...
Designing AI for accountability in public services
Metropolitan Police Station, Harrow Road, by whatlep via Wikimedia Commons A police officer from Derbyshire in the UK is under criminal investigation over their use of AI. Initial reports said there w...
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
"Maybe we should show a price tag on the data every time an individual is making a decision to provide it? That will lead to better decisions!"
Paddling
Alt: The Simpsons Paddling meme
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Selling a house for second time this year - one for mum, one for us - and whenever a viewing has been organised both estate agents are providing us, the seller, with full name of the _potential_ buyers and, guess what!, it's not actually that hard to reidentify several of the precise people...
Important Machinery of Government update: Contrary to last week's written ministerial statement, the UK's new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade will be abbreviated as "BIST" not "DBIST" www.gov.uk/government/n... (The Department for DCMS remains eternally DCMS)
Owen Boswarva@owenboswarva.bsky.social · 2w agoI note from today's written statement that whereas the UK's Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade will be "DBIST", the Government would prefer we continue to abbreviate the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as "DCMS" Keep using the old merch
A follow on post, about why UK Banks should be the defacto digital identity provider in the UK given that government has stepped out. If not, it'll likely be Apple/ Google. medium.com/writing-by-i...
Whoever owns digital identity next owns a slice of every login
You know who you are. The problem is proving it to public and private sector organisations. Right now it comes down to a photo of your…
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Ridiculously decision: scientifically, inspirationally (it's such a visible, beautiful thing!) & politically
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
