The Chancery Lane Project has launched an open-source WordPress plugin that serves websites in a simplified format for AI systems. The UK nonprofit said the tool is intended to reduce data processing and energy use.

The plugin detects visits from known AI agents and large language model browsers, then delivers a stripped-down Markdown version of a page instead of the full HTML. This gives AI systems the main content without navigation menus, scripts, and other elements designed for human browsing.

The software is free to use and can be adapted by other organisations. TCLP developed it initially for its own library of climate-focused contract clauses and legal guidance, which it says is used in more than 110 countries.

The launch comes as organisations consider how online content is read not only by people but also by AI tools used for search, research, drafting, and analysis. Websites are generally built as rich visual pages for human users, but AI systems often have to process those same pages in full before extracting the core text.

TCLP said this creates extra computational work and higher token use, raising energy demand. Early testing of the plugin showed reductions of up to 90% in token usage, according to the organisation.

The Chancery Lane Project is best known for publishing contract clauses intended to help lawyers and businesses address climate risks and emissions through legal agreements. It says it has published almost 200 climate clauses through work involving 3,600 professionals across 113 countries.

The new tool widens that work into the design of digital information systems. TCLP said the aim is to keep legal knowledge accessible as AI becomes a more common route to professional information.

Ben Metz, executive director of The Chancery Lane Project, outlined that rationale in comments accompanying the launch. “If climate action scales through law, then ensuring that legal knowledge can travel effectively in an AI-driven world is essential. Most websites are built for human users, not AI, which means systems often process large amounts of irrelevant data, increasing cost and energy use. For TCLP, this is about maintaining access to high-quality, climate-aligned legal content at a time when the way information is accessed is fundamentally changing. This plugin addresses that by delivering a clean, machine-readable version of content, enabling more efficient retrieval for tasks such as research, drafting, and analysis.”

Environmental impact

The launch also draws attention to the growing debate over the environmental footprint of AI systems and digital infrastructure. While much of that discussion has focused on data centres and model training, software design choices that reduce unnecessary processing are also becoming part of the conversation.

TCLP said the project received support from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, which backs work on AI and digital infrastructure. The nonprofit described the plugin as a public good and said it wanted developers, charities, and commercial teams to be able to deploy or modify it.

Felix Cohen, director of digital at The Chancery Lane Project, linked the technical change to wider environmental questions. “Improving the efficiency of digital systems is not just a technical concern. It has real environmental implications.

“We see this as an opportunity to connect legal innovation, digital infrastructure, and climate outcomes practically.”

Supporters of the project argue that small efficiency gains can become meaningful when applied across widely used publishing systems such as WordPress. The software underpins a large share of the web, making it a useful starting point for experiments in simpler machine-readable publishing.

Nick Cain, vice president of strategy and innovation at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, pointed to the cumulative effect of AI traffic online. “Every query processed and every token consumed carries computational and energy demands that compound across the modern web. At WordPress’s scale, a 90% reduction in token load translates into a substantive gain for the climate. This work reflects our belief that responsible AI infrastructure, built openly for any organisation to deploy, should serve both the public good and the planet.”

For TCLP, the plugin also reflects a practical response to changes in how users find specialist information. “Rather than a shift into technology, this is a continuation of TCLP’s role in enabling climate action through law,” Metz said.

“It’s an extension into the systems that shape how knowledge is accessed and applied.”

OneAdvanced has launched IQ, an AI-enabled system of work for organisations in regulated and essential service sectors. The platform is designed to bring workflows, data and applications together in a single environment.

The Birmingham-based software provider says IQ is built on a shared data layer with integrated APIs and pre-built connections, with all data processed and hosted in the UK. The product has been shaped by its work in government, healthcare and logistics, including with the Department for Transport, the Ministry of Justice, the NHS, Amazon, FedEx and DHL.

The launch comes as businesses continue to invest in artificial intelligence while struggling to move beyond isolated deployments. OneAdvanced argues that fragmented workflows, siloed data and disconnected applications have limited AI use, particularly in settings where compliance, oversight and operational resilience are critical.

IQ is intended to allow AI to operate across workflows rather than within separate systems. The platform also embeds ISO 42001 policies into day-to-day work, which OneAdvanced describes as a way to apply governance and rules within routine business processes.

OneAdvanced positions the product as a response to concerns over data control, vendor dependence and compliance obligations. Those issues have become more prominent for public sector bodies and other heavily regulated organisations weighing the benefits of AI against the risks of using external providers and moving sensitive information across borders.

Governance focus

According to OneAdvanced, organisations have struggled to get sustained results from AI because the surrounding systems are often disconnected. It argues that the accumulation of point solutions and the lack of context can weaken output quality, while weak governance can allow errors to spread quickly.

IQ is designed to address that by bringing processes, policies, data and AI into one platform. OneAdvanced says this should allow organisations to apply AI and agentic functions across multiple workflows and datasets while remaining within internal policies and sector-specific guardrails.

The platform is also intended to produce deterministic results where required. That is likely to matter in sectors such as healthcare, justice and transport, where automated recommendations or actions may need to be tightly controlled and auditable.

Andrew Henderson, chief technology officer at OneAdvanced, set out the company’s view of how the product differs from standalone AI tools.

“IQ represents a fundamental shift to systems of embedded intelligence – where workflows, data and people are connected, so AI operates directly in the flow of work. This is not about adding another tool. It is about rethinking how work gets done,” Henderson said.

Regulated sectors

OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s larger sector-focused software providers and has long concentrated on industries with complex operational requirements. Its reference to existing work with government departments, the NHS and large logistics groups underlines its effort to position IQ in environments where operational continuity and data governance carry significant weight.

The platform is described in three parts: connected, trusted and intelligent. In practice, that means unifying workflows, teams and data in one system, applying security and sovereignty controls, and embedding AI-assisted workflows and AI-driven insight into routine work.

OneAdvanced says the underlying shared data layer carries business and sector context across interactions. That context is essential, it argues, if AI systems are to produce reliable outputs aligned with how an organisation actually works rather than simply responding to prompts in isolation.

Simon Walsh, chief executive officer at OneAdvanced, said disconnected systems and poor data quality could undermine the use of AI in business operations.

“Organisations cannot function effectively with disconnected systems, disparate data sources and workflows that function in silos, then add AI into the systems, this will wreak havoc – if your data, policies, system connections are a mess, so too will your agentic outputs. IQ applies domain specific context, policies and rules, delivering trustable outputs within your business logic,” Walsh said.

The launch reflects a broader shift in the AI software market away from standalone assistants and towards products tied more closely to business processes, internal datasets and compliance frameworks. For suppliers serving public services and regulated industries, the question is increasingly not only what a model can do, but how it fits within the rules, systems and records that shape everyday work.

OneAdvanced says IQ was built from customer work over recent years to create what it describes as a connected and trusted approach to AI, with data sovereignty and operational resilience treated as central requirements.

The warning comes from Azets, one of the UK’s leading accountancy and advisory firms, which has offices in Witney and Bicester.

With rising taxes and a flatlining economy, more people are turning to artificial intelligence in search of quick investment solutions, but experts say this could prove risky.

Alex Bolton, of Azets Wealth Management, said: “With the tax changes coming into effect this month, it’s natural that more people are seeking information and trying to understand their options.

“Technology, including artificial intelligence, can be a helpful starting point for gathering and summarising information, and it’s a tool we use internally in that context.

“However, AI should never be relied on in isolation.”

He warned that AI tools may not always include the latest UK tax rules and could mix up different accounting standards.

There is also a risk that AI models could show bias in how financial ideas are presented or favour certain markets.

Mr Bolton said: “Finally, some of the most important financial planning details are not publicly available online.

“In-depth financial planning reports, which consider an individual’s full circumstances, cannot be assessed or replaced by AI alone.”

Lewis Aldridge, a partner at Azets, compared using AI for financial advice to self-diagnosing a medical condition.

He said: “It can be like using the internet for diagnosing health issues.

“It might be correct but there is a chance it’ll be wrong – especially if it isn’t carefully used.”