How can enterprise AI be made less sycophantic?
The release of ChatGPT in 2022 heralded one of the biggest step changes in technology this decade, with generative AI (GenAI) tools providing the ability…
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The power crunch: How energy constraints reshape datacentre strategy
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is colliding with a hard physical limit. Notably, that limit is not necessarily compute capacity or silicon availability,…
Navigating the AI access control minefield
Until recently, IT departments primarily focused on providing employees with the IT systems they needed to do their jobs, which meant identity and access management…
Wimbledon’s ‘hidden court 19’ uses IBM Bob to complete 10 years’ work in months
IBM has harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to convert feedback from tennis fans into the latest digital services that sit behind the upcoming grand slam at…
Google Cloud Summit: UK to deploy AI-powered planning system
The UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has worked with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind and Faculty – a company recently acquired by…
What are the cyber threats to the 2026 Fifa World Cup?
In the run up to the troubled Fifa World Cup 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the US, national headlines have been dominated not by cyber…
Emerging tech is top growth priority for UK finance firms
While two-thirds (64%) of UK finance firms are planning to increase overall expenditure, 91% said they will spend more on tech, with emerging tech now…
UK information commissioner John Edwards resigns after HR investigation
The UK’s information commissioner, John Edwards, has resigned his position following a work place investigation into undisclosed allegations. Edwards said in a statement that he…
Tesco offloads VMware and CA software as Broadcom case rolls on
Tesco’s latest filing in its legal dispute with Broadcom over contractual obligations for VMware software and support shows that the supermarket giant is actively moving…
nLighten completes £15m refurbishment of Bristol ‘edge’ datacentre
nLighten has completed a £15m refurbishment of its Bristol datacentre, doubling its artificial intelligence (AI)-ready power capacity to 1.2MW to support regional enterprise workloads. The…
UK government publishes guidelines to ‘end era of outsourcing’ – will IT be in scope?
The UK government’s plan to “end an era of outsourcing” is starting with cleaners, security staff and government training, but how far could IT and…
Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited
Police facial recognition use in the UK must be limited to “strictly necessary and proportionate” cases to protect people’s collective and individual rights, says civil…