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National Grid stakes £1.4bn on US AI-power platform Joulent
National Grid is investing £1.4bn ($1.75bn) for a 35% stake in Joulent, a US platform building power for AI data centres, chasing surging electricity demand.
Thames Valley Police AI assistant Bobbi handles 200 calls a day
Thames Valley Police's AI assistant Bobbi handles around 200 non-emergency conversations daily, resolving nearly half without human help.
Wayve courts carmakers with £2.2bn and human-like AI driving
London's Wayve has raised £2.2bn ($2.8bn) for a self-learning driving system it wants to license to any carmaker, from Nissan to Stellantis robotaxis.
UN panel warns unchecked AI could cause catastrophic harm
The UN's first independent scientific panel on AI says the technology is outpacing science and government, with no guarantee against catastrophic harm.
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 pushes agentic power down in price
Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 5 approaches Opus-class agentic performance at a fraction of the cost, with introductory pricing of $2 per million input tokens.
Bank of England floats 'kill switch' for agentic AI trading
Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden says existing frameworks were not built for autonomous AI agents and floats market-wide circuit breakers to contain the risk.
UK businesses waste £67bn a year on failed AI projects
Research from Emergn estimates large UK firms write off £67bn a year on transformation and AI work that fails, blaming weak governance rather than low spending.
Anthropic launches Claude Science workbench for researchers
Anthropic's new Claude Science app pulls fragmented research tools into one environment, generating reproducible figures and managing compute for scientists.
US lifts all export controls on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos
The US Commerce Department has removed the export controls it placed on Anthropic's most capable models weeks ago, with Fable 5 returning globally on 1 July.
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