Further verification and checks are carried out in line with statutory requirements prior to any intervention. They can then take steps – perhaps alerting the child’s school or health visitor – to prevent matters escalating.

Together, Alice and Sparkle use their knowledge to make the world a better place and to teach people about the power of artificial intelligence. We don’t decide what databases to trawl – the client does,” says Wajid Shafiq, chief executive officer at Xantura, a company he set up 11 years ago which has recently been working with Thurrock council and Barking and Dagenham council in east London.

This has focused on Vange, a part of Basildon where one in four children has been judged by the Ofsted inspectorate to be not school-ready. Alice and Sparkle is a children's picture book about a young girl named Alice who creates an artificially intelligent robot named Sparkle. Reshi created the book using artificial intelligence in one weekend, which sparked controversy among artists.

In the Twitter thread where Reshi announced the book, the author also broke down the entire process behind creating the children’s book.They said there is a lack of creative process as no artist or contributor could add their own voice and experiences to a story. One major thing that many people are concerned about is how these machine-learning tools are allowing certain individuals to make a quick buck.