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DWP’s fraud model for Universal Credit advances
What a government department’s own fairness test found, and what it had not yet tested
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Information and tactics for digital leaders applying AI at scale.
What has changed, what it means and what to do next. Short, sourced briefings, case files and tools for leaders who need evidence they can use, not more opinions.
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One development at a time, and what it means for you.
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Case files and tools that connect to these briefings. The library holds 13 case files and 1 tool so far, all free to read, print and share.
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The 2020 exam grading algorithm
How a statistically defensible model lost public legitimacy in four days
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The Dutch childcare benefits scandal
How fraud risk profiling, rigid enforcement and nationality data combined into an “unprecedented injustice”
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Google’s AI-controlled data centre cooling
How Google moved from AI recommendations to AI control of a critical system, with safety designed in from the start
Tool
The Sovereignty Dependency Check
Map your AI services against ownership, control, jurisdiction, capability and optionality, and see which need attention first.
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Zillow Offers
What happens when an algorithm becomes the business model faster than anyone can learn from it
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Briefings tell you what has changed. The library helps you act on it.
Briefings
Know what has changed
A short, sourced account of a new development, why it matters for AI at scale, and what to do now.
Case files
Bring a precedent
Read a case file in ten minutes and arrive at your next board meeting with a real example of what went right or wrong elsewhere.
Tools
Work it through together
Use a tool such as the Sovereignty Dependency Check to structure a working session and leave with priorities agreed.
Want the bigger picture?
The AI-at-Scale Playbook sets out how organisations turn AI’s promise into widespread use, with a focus on risk, trust and value. Infotactica is its practical companion: the briefings, cases and tools to help you apply it.
From the editor
Infotactica is edited by Alan W. Brown, Professor of Digital Economy at the University of Exeter Business School and author of Making AI Work for Britain (2026). It exists because leaders applying AI at scale need fewer opinions and more evidence they can use. About Infotactica →