AI

UK Government Signs Five Year Deal With Microsoft

Multi-year partnership signed between UK government and Microsoft to accelerate public sector digitalisation

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Meta Restarts Use Of Facial Recognition For ‘Celebrity Scam Ad’ Crackdown

Three years after dropping the use of facial recognition, Meta says it will use the tech again to aid in…

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TSMC Alerts US Of Attempt To Circumvent China AI Chip Restriction

World's largest contract chip manufacturer informs the United States of a potential Chinese attempt to circumvent US export controls

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TikTok’s ByteDance Fires Intern For Allegedly Sabotaging AI Project

ByteDance sacks intern for allegedly sabotaging the training of an internal artificial intelligence (AI) project

2 days ago

Silicon UK AI For Your Business Podcast: Government and AI

In this episode, we explore the UK government’s role in shaping AI through strategy, regulation, and investment, and how these…

2 days ago

Former OpenAI Mira Murati Raising Capital For New AI Startup – Report

Cos the world needs another AI startup. Former CTO at OpenAI, Mira Murati, reportedly fund raising for her new AI…

2 days ago

Tesla Faces NHTSA Probe Over FSD Fatal Accident

A number of Tesla collisions where FSD was in use, prompts safety investigation by the US federal regulator

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ASML Warning Sends Tremor Through Global Chip Market

Semiconductor equipment maker ASML shakes chip sector after forecasting lower than expected 2025 sales and bookings

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Blackstone To Invest €7.5 Billion For Data Centres In Spain

Investment giant Blackstone to invest billions of dollars for data centres in north eastern Spain, after huge UK investment

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New Apple iPad Mini Looks To AI, With ‘Apple Intelligence’

AI to feature strongly in the next generation iPad mini, as Apple touts the new tablet as being built for…

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Google Signs Nuclear Deal To Power AI Data Centres

Google signs deal to buy nuclear power from small-scale reactors to meet soaring energy demands for AI data centres

1 week ago

TSMC Plans Additional Plants In Europe, Official Says

Taiwan official says TSMC planning additional plants in Europe to focus on AI market, after German factory breaks ground

1 week ago

TikTok Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs In Favour Of AI – Report

ByteDance's TikTok is laying off up to 500 employees as it moves to greater use of AI for content moderation

2 weeks ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Is Your Business Data Ready?

In this episode, we uncover why most organisations aren’t ready to harness generative AI. We explore data stack limitations, tech…

2 weeks ago

AMD Launches New AI, Server Chips To Expand Nvidia Challenge

AMD unveils new AI and data centre chips as it seeks to improve challenge to Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell chips

2 weeks ago

Nobel Prizes Awarded To Current and Former Google Scientists

Demis Hassabis, John Jumper of Google DeepMind awarded 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry, while former Googler Geoffrey Hinton wins physics…

2 weeks ago

Meta AI Chatbot Launches In UK On Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta's AI chatbot now available for users in UK, Brazil, but not EU due to “unpredictable” regulatory environment

2 weeks ago

Meta Shows Sound-Capable AI Video Generation Tool

Facebook parent Meta shows AI video generation tool Movie Gen that can create 16-second clips with sound effects and music

2 weeks ago

The Age of Virtual Assistants

Discover how virtual assistants, powered by AI and innovative technology, are transforming industries and personal productivity. From Siri's debut to…

2 weeks ago

Google Brings Ads To AI Search Summaries

Google begins broad roll-out of ads for AI Overviews in search results, adds AI-organised results, video search for Google Lens

2 weeks ago

Microsoft Invests €4.3 Billion In Italy For AI, Cloud

Data centre and AI spending spree continues over at Microsoft, with Italy earmarked for €4.3 billion investment

3 weeks ago

Harvard Students Use Meta Glasses To Dox People In Real-Time

Privacy worry? Students demo how Meta Smart Glasses can use facial recognition tech to instantly dox people’s identities

3 weeks ago

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Raises $6.6bn In Funding

OpenAI closes $6.6bn funding round from big name backers, but reportedly asks them not to finance rival AI startups

3 weeks ago

Oracle To Invest $6.5 Billion In Malaysia To Expand Public Cloud Region

Another huge investment into Asia to expand data centre and cloud reach, as Oracle pledges $6.5 billion for Malaysia

3 weeks ago

Google To Invest $1 Billion For Data Centre In Thailand

Google to build a new data centre in Thailand as part of $1 billion investment, amid intense cloud and AI…

3 weeks ago

US Moves To Facilitate AI Chip Shipments To Middle East

US Department of Commerce introduces rule to make it easier for Middle East data centres to obtain key AI chip…

3 weeks ago

California Governor Vetoes AI Safety Bill

California governor vetoes landmark AI bill that would have mandated government oversight of powerful frontier models

3 weeks ago

UK Competition Regulator Clears $4bn Amazon Anthropic AI Deal

CMA says $4bn Amazon investment into AI start-up Anthropic does not meet threshold for in-depth review under merger regulations

3 weeks ago

International Tensions, AI Drive Record Chip Spending

AI, government efforts to boost domestic chip manufacturing expected to boost spending on chip tools to record levels

3 weeks ago

Microsoft Relaunches Controversial AI Snapshot Tool

Microsoft to introduce snapshot tool Recall to CoPilot+ PCs in November with security changes, amidst privacy concerns

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