Global AI regulation is heating up: can the UK afford to remain silent?
It’s been a hot summer for global AI regulation. In a surprise move, California lawmakers voted for laws governing the largest frontier AI models. And,…
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Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce
Salesforce and Nvidia have committed to a new partnership that will see Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform – including accelerated computing capability and AI software…
NCSC exposes Chinese company running malicious Mirai botnet
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its counterpart Five Eyes agencies have accused a China-based company acting as a front for the state…
Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown
A Europol official says the pan-European law enforcement agency is now the “go-to place” for international police investigations into the use of encryption services by…
Workers and business leaders have different views on GenAI uses
Research from Experian and TechUK has found less than a third of employees are aware their employer is using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), despite 93%…
Revised roadmap projects quantum advantage by 2029
Quantum computing firm Quantinuum has brought forward the date when it believes quantum computers will become commercially viable. A study from McKinsey estimates that 5,000…
Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity
The new Labour government’s mission-driven policy approach can help focus digital transformation efforts throughout the public sector, but tech-enabled service improvement could still be undermined…
Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision
In a development as predictable as the coming of autumn, Salesforce leadership took to the stage on a damp, misty September morning in San Francisco…
Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits
Embattled Post Office chief executive Nick Read is leaving the troubled organisation in March 2025. He will be replaced on an interim basis by chief…
Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app
Police have made multiple arrests following an international police operation involving an Australian encrypted communications platform allegedly used by organised criminals. More than 700 police…
Microsoft adds $30-a-month business chat AI assistant to Copilot
Microsoft has added a number of features to its Copilot artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled assistant for office productivity, as it builds out its AI strategy for…
Misinformation runs deeper than social media
On 29 July 2024, in a story that has now become seared into the British psyche, Axel Rudakubana murdered three children at a Taylor Swift…