Overview
- UK data residency will be offered as an option for customers of OpenAI's API Platform, ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu starting Friday.
- The capability stems from a partnership with the Ministry of Justice that the government says enhances privacy, accountability and national resilience.
- The Ministry of Justice is rolling out Justice Transcribe to more than 1,000 probation officers to record and transcribe meetings, with an estimate of up to 240,000 staff-days saved annually.
- Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced the plan at OpenAI's Frontiers event, as OpenAI reported a fourfold rise in UK users over the past year and interest from additional departments.
- Officials frame the offer as a response to recent cyber attacks on UK firms to give companies confidence to invest in AI and expand public-sector adoption.