Elon Musk capitalises on DeepSeek confusion to bid for OpenAI
After being fired by the company he co-founded, hired by Microsoft and then returning as OpenAI chief, Sam Altman is again facing a crisis. His…
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Saudi puts $15bn into AI as experts debate next steps
The past two years of artificial intelligence (AI) have been like science fiction, but now it needs to move to the next stage, namely agentic…
A two-horse race? Competition concerns cloud AWS and Microsoft
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Apple: British techies to advise on “devastating” UK global crypto power grab
An obscure British government committee is to be asked this month to advise Home Secretary Yvette Cooper whether to go ahead with government demands that…
Natural England clears clouds with machine learning
Living England is among the latest batch of artificial intelligence (AI) projects listed as part of the government’s drive to showcase the uses of AI…
Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons
Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support…
Unionised drivers to stage ride-hailing app strike
Thousands of unionised drivers working for ride-hailing apps are striking to demand better pay and workplace safety protections, in line with court decisions that have…
The story behind Alps, Europe’s second largest computer
The Swiss National Supercomputing Center, also known as CSCS, built and deployed a new supercomputer in collaboration with Nvidia and HPE. The machine, called Alps,…
Courting Global Talent: How can Web3 Startups Attract the Best Developers in the World?
One of the interesting developments right now is the intersection between AI and Web3. From the creation of AI agents integrated into Web3 decentralised applications…
UK government under fire over public sector guidance on using overseas clouds
The government stands accused of sending mixed messages about its commitment to positioning the UK as a technology superpower, after publishing guidance that will pave…
UAE eyes quantum computing for financial services
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is raising awareness of the potential of quantum computing in financial services to make sure they don’t miss out on…
Skills required for data engineering success
Data has always been regarded as an organisation’s crown jewels, but due to the explosion of data sources, making sense of the structured and unstructured…