Elected officials’ lack of digital skills affects public services
Government spending on tech contracts is huge. Eighteen of the UK government’s 40 biggest private sector “strategic suppliers” are technology or telecoms companies – almost…
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AI productivity gains could result in four-day weeks for millions
Automating jobs with large language models (LLMs) could lead to significant reductions in working time without a loss of pay or productivity, says Autonomy think…
Closing the datacentre skills gap by tapping up career changers
The UK datacentre industry is in the midst of a prolonged and well-publicised skills crisis, as there are simply not enough people entering the sector…
Kingfisher develops AI-agnostic platform to power DIY assistant
Kingfisher, the group that owns DIY retailers B&Q and Screwfix, has launched a generative AI-powered virtual assistant in its French Castorama stores. The virtual assistant,…
Cubbit DS3 Composer brings DIY cloud to object storage pool
Italy-based startup Cubbit has announced the availability of the DS3 Composer, which will create S3-compatible private object storage clouds from on-premise, bare metal colocation and…
JPMorgan Chase tops bank AI ranking
JPMorgan Chase has been named the leading global bank for artificial intelligence (AI) maturity in the benchmarking index from Evident AI. Created by AI platform…
Software engineers worry about speaking out
A survey of 280 software engineers conducted in October has reported that over half (53%) suspected that malpractices were occuring in the workplace. Among the…
Former OpenAI boss to lead Microsoft Advanced AI division
Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman less than 36 hours after he stepped down as CEO of the ChatGPT creator. Emmett Shear, former Twitch…
Enterprise beams up GenAI and consumer UX to make key applications fly
The bizarre interview between Elon Musk and Rishi Sunak at the UK government’s AI Safety Summit earlier this month did little to champion the idea…
IT not ready for AI, Pure Storage survey finds
Most organisations just don’t have the IT infrastructure to handle the compute, storage and energy requirements that artificial intelligence (AI) deployments bring. In fact, one-third…
NHS England hits 90% target for electronic patient records
NHS England has met the government’s target for 90% of trusts to adopt electronic patient records (EPR) in hospitals, ahead of schedule. 189 trusts have…
Defence lawyers seek appeal of tribunal ruling on police EncroChat cryptophone hack
Lawyers are seeking leave from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) to challenge a decision by Britain’s most secret court that the UK’s National Crime…