AI News — Page 22
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
King's Cross AI boom reopens Britain's 'sovereignty' debate
US export curbs on Anthropic's top models have reignited the debate over whether Britain can build sovereign AI, even as US giants pack into London's King's Cross.
Most UK firms use AI while calling it irrelevant — report
An HCR Law and CyNam study finds most businesses use AI daily despite 80% deeming it irrelevant, with only 11% of workers trained to use it safely.
UK shoppers embrace AI for prices but balk at payments
An ESW survey finds 48% of UK consumers welcome AI price comparison but only 26% are comfortable with AI-powered payments, with a sharp generational divide.
EU moves to put AWS and Azure under 'gatekeeper' rules
Brussels says Amazon and Microsoft's cloud arms should be designated gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, extending Big Tech rules to AI's core infrastructure.
Only 7% of euro-zone firms use AI intensively, ECB finds
An ECB survey of 5,000 firms finds over 70% use AI but just 7% use it intensively, with the keenest adopters small, young and services-focused.
FCA rethinks regulation for the AI age, eyes agentic watchdog
FCA chief Nikhil Rathi says the regulator must shift from rule-making to stewardship as AI outpaces legislation, trialling agentic AI to monitor markets.
London claims 'legal AI crown' as senior hires cluster
London hosts 25% of top law firms' senior AI hires versus New York's 10%, new data shows, as the City bets English law makes it the legal-AI capital.
Luminance bets on in-house AI over 'rented intelligence'
UK legaltech Luminance, fresh from a £56.8m round, argues that building its own AI models beats renting frontier intelligence on margins and accuracy.
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of 'brazen' bid to copy Claude
Anthropic has told Congress that Alibaba ran 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8m exchanges to distil Claude, in what it calls the largest attack of its kind.