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All items: Artificial intelligence

  • AI fundamentals: How to identify AI needs in HR

    Date:
    18 September 2024

    In today's digital HR landscape, creative use of AI can significantly boost efficiency and increase productivity. But when you're trying to find the right AI solutions, it's vital to focus on specific needs rather than targeting all areas at once. Here, Tessa Hilson-Greener sets out a step-by-step guide to help you define your AI needs effectively.

  • AI fundamentals: Nine questions that will determine the future of AI regulation in the UK

    Date:
    20 June 2024

    The development of UK Artificial Intelligence law is at a crossroads. The EU's AI Act, approved on 21 May 2024, will affect UK-based companies if their AI systems are sold or used within the EU. Meanwhile the general election on 4 July 2024 may reshape the UK Government's approach to AI regulation significantly. As Tessa Hilson-Greener explains, understanding these dynamics is key for anyone involved in AI in the UK.

  • Revolutionising AI rules for global employers

    Date:
    7 June 2024

    On 1 August 2024, the EU's first comprehensive Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) (known as the "EU AI Act") entered into force. Once fully in force, it is expected to have far-reaching implications for global employers using AI systems. Here we set out what HR departments need to know, whether or not their organisations are based in the EU.

  • Four surprising findings from our AI in HR research

    Date:
    7 May 2024

    In March 2024, we conducted research exploring the use of AI at UK organisations, with a focus on how HR were using the new technologies. In this article, we explore some of the unexpected results.

  • Three areas of focus for the AI workplace revolution

    Date:
    11 March 2024

    The AI revolution is upon us, but data reveals that organisations are struggling to develop practices to integrate the new technology fully and safely into their business. Reporting from the US, Natasha K.A. Wiebusch identifies three key focus areas that employers with AI ambitions should prioritise.

  • Rebuilding in 2024: Strategies for reshaping worker expectations

    Date:
    9 January 2024

    This could be a pivotal year for HR. As ever, the cornerstones of what we do will be recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and productivity, but - asks Andrew Walker of Personal Group - what do they mean for HR and reward professionals in 2024 and beyond?

  • Five HR priorities for 2024

    Date:
    14 December 2023

    HR professionals have been navigating their organisations through unprecedented times over the last couple of years. Here, drawing on our latest HR roles and responsibilities survey, we look at how organisations are preparing for the 12 months ahead and pick out some of the areas making HR's priority list for 2024.

  • HR must build new skills to leverage AI use cases

    Date:
    23 November 2023

    The future of artificial intelligence (AI) in HR is bright, but HR isn't ready - at least not yet. XpertHR legal editor Natasha K. A. Wiebusch reports from the US.

  • Six key takeaways from the 2023 CIPD conference

    Date:
    13 November 2023

    The people profession is operating in a "VUCA world on steroids" (VUCA = volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). So said CEO Peter Cheese as he welcomed around 1,300 delegates to the 2023 CIPD conference in Manchester.

  • Safeguards for using ChatGPT and other bots for HR

    Date:
    26 June 2023

    ChatGPT and other chatbots have captured the attention of HR leaders everywhere. Though powerful, these tools pose new problems HR should not ignore. Natasha K.A. Wiebusch reviews four key problems with chatbots - and suggests ways to deal with them.

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