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The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
Morrisons hires Kingfisher's AI chief as PwC UK names its own CAIO
Morrisons has created a chief AI officer post and hired Kingfisher's Mohsen Ghasempour to fill it, while PwC UK has brought back Jez Bassinder from IBM.
Oxford's Bodleian scans are feeding OpenAI's training data
Internal Oxford documents show texts OpenAI digitised at the Bodleian went into its training set, a use the 2025 partnership announcement never mentioned.
AI-made 'injured veteran' videos are selling fake handmade goods
A BBC investigation found 45 TikTok accounts using AI videos of wounded ex-soldiers to sell products online. A Wiltshire veteran paid £154.99 for one.
UK firms get Ukrainian battlefield data to train drone swarm AI
The MOD is opening Ukraine's Avengers AI Labs database to up to 12 British companies, which will compete to build AI models for next-generation drone swarms.
Nscale's Essex AI supercomputer could wait until the 2030s for power
The Loughton site the government billed as Britain's largest AI supercomputer will miss its 2027 start, with the local grid operator reportedly pointing to the 2030s.
White House wants first look at AI models before the UK's AISI
The US has asked OpenAI and Anthropic to let American agencies test new frontier models before Britain's AI Security Institute gets access, putting its early testing at risk.
Carlisle woman lost £35,000 to a scam that began with a fake Farage video
Olive Hall, 82, was drawn into an investment fraud by an AI-generated clip of Nigel Farage. Lloyds has refunded her estate, and her daughter is warning other families.