UK Government Abandons Plans for Comprehensive AI Bill
Ministers shift from promising 'stronger' AI regulation to ditching plans for overarching legislation, prioritising growth over governance.
AI News — Page 108
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
UK Doubles Research Funding for AI and Video Games in £12bn Economic Growth Push
UKRI announces 50-100% funding increases for priority sectors including £1.6bn for AI, with chief rating current growth contribution just 'three out of ten'.
If AI Is Taking Junior Lawyers' Jobs, Why Does Their Pay Keep Rising?
FT investigation reveals law firm salaries climbing despite AI adoption, as automation frees juniors for higher-value work rather than eliminating roles.
Law Firm Shoosmiths Awards £1m Bonus After Staff Hit 1 Million AI Prompts Target
UK law firm becomes first to link firmwide bonus to AI adoption, rewarding staff after reaching Microsoft Copilot usage milestone four months early.
Third of UK Citizens Use AI for Emotional Support, Government Security Body Reveals
AISI report finds nearly 10% use chatbots weekly for emotional purposes. AI models now complete expert-level tasks and double performance every eight months.
Google Cloud Reveals Five AI Agent Trends That Will Transform Business in 2026
From agentic workflows automating multi-step processes to AI-ready workforce training, Google's report highlights where agents will drive business value.
AI Still Far From Replacing Lawyers Despite Bar Exam Success, Research Shows
New benchmarks reveal LLMs score just 37% on complex legal tasks. Despite automation fears, law graduate employment hit record highs in 2024.
OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Images with Faster Generation and Precise Editing
GPT Image 1.5 brings 4x faster generation, improved instruction following, and precise edits that preserve original image details across all ChatGPT users and API.
Google Launches Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier AI Intelligence at a Quarter of the Cost
New Gemini 3 Flash delivers PhD-level reasoning benchmarks while being 3x faster than 2.5 Pro, with pricing at $0.50 per million input tokens.