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Quantum computing has a looming skills gap

Are universities, the private sector and the government doing enough to promote quantum computing skills across the UK?

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Amazon is pushing drone delivery, but infrastructure isn't ready for take-off

Significant changes to infrastructure will be needed if Amazon is to make good on its plans to send packages by drone.

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China could present fresh roadblock to $61bn Broadcom VMware deal

Chipmaker Broadcom says it still expects to complete the deal to buy VMware by the end of the financial year, but reg...

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AWS claims quantum networking breakthrough

Researchers at AWS say they have managed to tackle the problem of data loss and signal degradation over long distances.

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Frontier model risks will top AI Safety Summit agenda

The government says the delegates at the AI Safety Summit will examine the best way to use advanced AI models as safe...

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7 months ago
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Atlassian plans $975m deal to buy video messaging service Loom

Loom's video messaging platform will be integrated with Atlassian's collaboration tools once the deal is complete.

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AMD to buy AI chip start-up in bid to catch Nvidia

AMD already employs more than 1,500 engineers within its AI Group and plans to expand this with acquisitions and new ...

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Finland invests in 20 qubit superconducting quantum computer

The machine will have the potential to be expanded to 50 qubits of quantum processing power by the end of next year.

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As the EU and Japan align on AI safety rules, has the UK missed out?

The UK is pushing its pro-innovation light-touch approach to AI safety around the world, but may be out of step with ...

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7 months ago
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Edinburgh to host first UK exascale supercomputer

The University of Edinburgh will receive a new £31m wing to house the exascale machine, with work on the project anti...

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7 months ago
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Tech industry hits out at plans to limit UK's AI Safety Summit to 100 delegates

Fears the UK AI Safety Summit will be dominated by Big Tech companies and AI labs will not be put to rest by comments...

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British politicians call for pause in use of facial recognition tech by police

Live facial recognition software is already used by some police forces in the UK including the Met in London.

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Fujitsu and Riken build 64 qubit quantum computer

Fujitsu and Riken are building a hybrid cloud platform and plan to expand the superconducting quantum computer to 1,0...

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Linux Foundation publishes new OpenPubkey passwordless protocol

OpenPubkey enables applications, code commits and software supply chains tosa9 be automatically signed using OpenID C...

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Microsoft says Google is tying up content deals to train AI models

Companies like Microsoft and Google are competing for the rights to content they can use in training AI models.

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First quantum communications link tested between UK and Ireland

Secure quantum communications could be essential to the security of tomorrow's networks. Researchers are pushing the ...

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Lloyds Banking Group enters digital ID space with Yoti partnership

The Lloyds Bank Smart ID technology could help reduce the amount of personal information users have to share with thi...

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Big Tech calls for EU to ‘focus on high risk’ uses cases in AI Act

Companies building artificial intelligence have called for a less prescriptive approach to regulating the technology ...

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Government urged to widen scope of AI safety summit beyond frontier models

The government's international automation get-together will focus on frontier models, but current systems can also be...

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7 months ago
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Meta shifts focus to mixed reality as plan for Metaverse future falters

Meta says its Quest 3 headset bring the digital into the real world and forms part of the company's larger metaverse ...

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7 months ago
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Alibaba Cloud rolls out AI integration platform for customers beyond China

Chinese tech giant Alibaba Cloud says its platform is able to train AI models significantly faster than other services.

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What AWS's big investment in AI lab Anthropic means for the public cloud market

AWS thinks its $4bn investment in Anthropic will help it stay ahead of its rivals. Here's how tech leaders could bene...

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7 months ago
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SAP adds new generative AI assistant, Joule, to its cloud portfolio

SAP is transforming its business with a focus on cloud and AI as it attempts to compete with the US hyperscale provid...

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Government plans charm offensive ahead of AI Safety Summit

After fears were raised the AI Safety Summit would be dominated by Big Tech, the government plans to engage with civi...

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AI tools could add £400bn to the UK economy by 2030 - techUK

Regulatory clarity will be crucial to ensuring the nation benefits fully from the AI revolution, a new report claims.

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7 months ago
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Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its protocol

The update is available in the latest release of the Signal client and will be a requirement for all chats in the fut...

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7 months ago
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Cisco makes $28bn move to acquire Splunk

Cisco says buying Splunk will enable the combined company to drive growth of AI as a cybersecurity tool to fight comp...

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7 months ago
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OpenAI bringing new DALL-E 3 model to ChatGPT Enterprise

OpenAI's latest DALL-E model can apparently produce more accurate images, and has been instructed not to infringe cop...

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7 months ago
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ServiceNow integrates generative AI into its Now Platform

The enterprise software company becomes the latest vendor to offer its users AI-infused products across its portfolio.

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7 months ago
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Intel pitches AI PCs, but is it already late to the party?

Intel says AI will be included throughout its ecosystem including on desktop and server hardware. But has it fallen b...

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Google Bard updates add extensions and 'boost performance'

The Google Bard update will allow the chatbot to search across popular apps including YouTube and those in the Worksp...

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7 months ago
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Competition watchdog the CMA outlines principles for selling foundation AI models

Artificial Intelligence is already becoming ubiquitous throughout the economy and the CMA hopes to get ahead of the c...

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7 months ago
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UK launches ‘AI for Development’ scheme at UN event

The UK is working to cement its position as a global leader in the safe use of AI ahead of the Bletchley Summit in No...

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8 months ago
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Oracle database services are coming to Microsoft Azure

Microsoft says that its new partnership with Oracle will allow the latter's users to access OpenAI foundation models ...

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8 months ago
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Indian ITSP Infosys in $1.5bn AI deal with unnamed 'global company'

The agreement is the latest in a string of high profile deals for the Indian tech giant and builds on its investment ...

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Business leaders ‘optimistic’ about future of AI

Despite generally high levels of optimism about the impact of automation, concerns about transparency and data access...

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Arm priced at $51 per share in largest IPO of the year

Arm is looking to find growth in the AI market, specifically through running foundation models in data centres and on...

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EY invests $1.4bn in new AI platform and training

The firm's new EY.ai platform was built in partnership with IBM, Microsoft, Dell and others and includes a proprietar...

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Adobe and IBM among latest to sign AI watermarking code

As part of the White House voluntary AI code companies will have to watermark AI generated content and commit to tack...

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