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Dub, S. and Davey, J. (2024) Government website / press release

We're running a private beta of GOV.UK Chat

Inside GOV.UK Blog

Ref: SRC-003-GBR-002

Accessed: 3/24/2026

Summary

Announces November 2024 private beta launch. Confirms use of OpenAI GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini during this phase, RAG approach, focus on business users, 4-week data collection period, hallucination mitigation strategies, red teaming exercises, personal data screening, and 'consistent improvement in accuracy'. Notes team acknowledged inability to fully eliminate inappropriate responses.

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Dub, S. and Davey, J. (2024) 'We're running a private beta of GOV.UK Chat', Inside GOV.UK Blog, 5 November. Available at: https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2024/11/05/were-running-a-private-beta-of-gov-uk-chat/ (Accessed: 24 March 2026).

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