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The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
AI is not yet lifting productivity, Barclays tells clients
Barclays analysts find the evidence linking AI adoption to stronger productivity remains weak, fuelling fears the trillions being spent may not pay off.
IBM cuts forecast as AI spending crowds out other IT
IBM trimmed its 2026 revenue growth outlook to 4-5% as customers divert budgets to AI infrastructure, with mainframe revenue sliding 42% in the quarter.
Rubio tells diplomats to counter AI 'kill switch' fears
A US State Department cable urges diplomats to reassure allies after Washington briefly cut foreign access to Anthropic's top models, alarming Europe.
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.
UK firms warned to prepare for EU AI labelling rules
EU AI Act transparency duties take effect on 2 August, and lawyers say UK businesses touching the EU market must label AI content and deepfakes.