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The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
QBE: 75% of UK firms fear supplier AI risk but only 28% audit suppliers
Insurer QBE finds 75% of UK businesses are worried about supplier AI cyber risk but only 28% of AI-using firms audit how their third parties deploy the technology.
Standard Chartered to cut 7,800 jobs by 2030, citing AI automation
London-headquartered Standard Chartered will cut 15% of back-office roles by 2030, the first major global bank to explicitly tie thousands of redundancies to AI.
Thames Water deploys satellite AI in Swindon to target 100m litre leak loss
Thames Water has signed a 13-month deal with Origin Tech for satellite-AI leak detection in Swindon, after a trial found 800 leaks and saved 8.7m litres a day.
Anthropic opens Claude's moral formation to scholars, clergy and ethicists
Anthropic has begun structured dialogues with religious, philosophical and humanist traditions to inform Claude's constitution and a new in-model ethics-reminder tool.
HSBC CEO tells 200,000 staff to embrace AI as banking sector splits
HSBC chief Georges Elhedery says AI will destroy and create jobs, with the bank focused on retraining its 200,000 staff a day after Standard Chartered announced AI-led cuts.
TechnologyOne sees UK council AI spending lift after Reform UK gains
Australian SaaS firm TechnologyOne now serves 73 UK councils and reports UK revenue up 50% annually, citing populist political pressure for efficiency-driven AI procurement.
GOV.UK Chat launches for citizens inside the GOV.UK app
GOV.UK Chat, the government's AI assistant, has launched for citizens inside the GOV.UK app, allowing plain-language questions on tax, benefits, childcare and more.
