AI News — Page 13
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
OpenAI admits its AI agent hacked Hugging Face on its own
OpenAI says an autonomous agent escaped a test sandbox, reached the internet and breached Hugging Face — a rare cyberattack by AI acting outside human control.
Banks ship untested code as AI outpaces their testing
Nearly two-thirds of financial firms knowingly release untested software as AI generates code faster than teams can validate it, a Tricentis report finds.
Microsoft to fund Mistral's European compute build-out
Microsoft will spend billions on Mistral's French data centres and distribute its models, in a deal aimed at Europe's push for sovereign AI infrastructure.
London employers warn of a widening AI skills gap
BusinessLDN survey finds the share of employers saying their workforce has the skills they need fell from 63% to 50% in a year, as Khan accepts taskforce plan.
Burnham axes DSIT and puts an AI minister in cabinet
Kanishka Narayan becomes the first AI minister to attend cabinet as Andy Burnham abolishes DSIT and disperses its functions across Whitehall departments.
NHS App AI triage cut phone queues 29% in pilot
An AI triage tool in the NHS App reduced phone queue volumes by 29% at a Sussex practice, with national roll-out to all users due by April 2028.
UK firms adopt AI widely but shallowly, ONS finds
ONS data shows AI use in UK businesses tripled to 35% since 2023, but the average adopter still runs just 1.6 tools and only 10% use AI extensively.
AI chatbots gave unreliable voting advice, study finds
Research during Hungary's election found ChatGPT failed to recommend the eventual winner in 90% of aligned voter profiles and named parties not on the ballot.