AI News — Page 17
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
Two former PMs now hold AI industry roles or funding
Sunak, Osborne, Clegg and Tugendhat have all taken AI industry roles since leaving office, and a Commons committee is now examining the pattern.
Bosses rate their AI rollouts higher than the staff do
Executives call 69% of deployments successful; the people using the tools say 53%. In audit and tax the figure drops to 43%, and distrust is now a top barrier.
Data centre firms logged 31 lobbying meetings at Holyrood
Scotland's lobbying register shows hyperscalers, developers and trade bodies working parliamentarians hard as ministers resist calls for a hyperscale moratorium.
Ukraine battlefield AI to guard UK bases and railways
Britain is the first country admitted to Ukraine's Avengers AI lab, with an opening trial tuned to flag protesters at a defence site as well as hostile states.
AI productivity gains rest on 133,000 fewer people working
LSE economists find UK productivity growth of 1.6% since late 2024, but the tax records behind it show employment falling where official figures show a rise.
