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UK lawmakers push for AI ‘kill switch’ powers
The UK Government could be given powers to shut down data centres or deactivate AI systems as a last resort when they pose a threat to national security, under proposals... Read More
OpenAI says Jalapeño delivers up to 1.9x more AI work per watt
OpenAI has published the first performance results for Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip, reporting between 1.5 and 1.9 times more AI work per watt at peak throughput and between... Read More
ECB economists warns AI boom could still end in a correction
The current AI-driven stock market boom could still end in a correction, even if investor enthusiasm proves rational and the technology delivers on expectations, according to analysis published by five... Read More
Anthropic’s IPO valuation is being built on $190bn revenue expectations
Anthropic’s prospective IPO valuation is being shaped by revenue expectations extending to 2028, according to Reuters, as investors attempt to price one of the fastest-growing companies in the AI market.... Read More
South Yorkshire Launches Women in Tech Taskforce
A new Women in Tech & Investment Taskforce has been launched in South Yorkshire after research found women held just 18% of technology roles and received only 10% of tech... Read More
EU Scaleup Europe Fund moves toward first investments in AI and quantum
The European Commission has completed the legal steps needed to establish the Scaleup Europe Fund, a €5 billion (£4.2 billion) initiative designed to back Europe’s most promising deep tech scaleups.... Read More
Zuckerberg turns superintelligence into a debate about access, power, and control
Mark Zuckerberg has argued that the defining question around superintelligence is not when it will arrive, but who will have access to it. In a Wall Street Journal essay, the... Read More
NVIDIA and tech firms launch Open Secure AI Alliance for AI security
NVIDIA and a coalition of cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise software and open-source organisations have launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, an initiative focused on open tools for AI safety and security.... Read More
EU AI Act transparency deadline raises enterprise governance stakes
From 2 August 2026, the next phase of the EU AI Act comes into force, introducing new transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems. Under Article 50,... Read More
UK launches Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce chaired by Lord Vallance
The UK Government has launched a new Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce, appointing Lord Vallance as chair and placing artificial intelligence within a central delivery structure in Whitehall. The Taskforce will... Read More
UK firms are adopting AI, but few are using it deeply
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among UK businesses has accelerated rapidly over the past three years, according to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. The proportion of UK businesses with... Read More
Microsoft and Mistral expand European AI infrastructure partnership
Microsoft and Mistral have expanded their strategic partnership through a multibillion-dollar agreement that gives Microsoft access to part of Mistral’s Europe-based GPU infrastructure. Mistral is expanding its AI compute capacity... Read More