DeepMind partners with UK government on Gemini-powered planning tool

Google DeepMind is building an AI planning prototype with the UK government, Google Cloud, Faculty, and councils in Barnet, Dorset, and Camden to help cut householder planning decision times by 50%. The tool, built on Gemini, follows the earlier Extract tool that turned old planning documents into structured digital data. The goal is to free planners from data extraction and routine case analysis as the UK government pushes to build 1.5M new homes by 2029. DeepMind framed the project as part of its broader "National Partnerships for AI" program targeting public-sector backlogs.

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