UK Government's £4.1 Million AI Skills Hub Criticized as Overpriced Bookmarking Site
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Summary
The UK Government's £4.1 million 'AI Skills Hub' website, built by PwC, is heavily criticized for its poor quality despite the high cost. The site functions essentially as a bookmarking service that links to external resources rather than providing original content, with users reporting terrible UI/UX design and questioning the value for money. The article expresses frustration that such a basic website with minimal functionality was delivered at taxpayer expense by a major consulting firm.
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It is not good. Like, at all - the UI is insanely bad and it's clear that this was just a vibecoded site (to be fair, this is the AI Skills Hub, but c'mon, where is the pride in your work?)
PwC didn't even write any of the course content! The only thing the Skills Hub does is link out to external pages, like Salesforce's free resources.
I would be ashamed to even release this as a prototype!
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