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The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
Using AI for financial advice? Experts urge caution
With 28 million UK adults using AI for personal finance, experts warn the tools make confident but costly errors and carry no accountability to users.
DVLA's AI phone system halves call navigation time
The DVLA's AI-powered voice system has cut average call-navigation time from three minutes to 90 seconds, handling some of its 900,000 monthly calls.
Chinese open model GLM-5.2 stirs Silicon Valley
z.AI's open-source GLM-5.2 coding model is drawing DeepSeek-level buzz, reviving questions about America's lead and offering UK firms a cheaper option.
Lloyds to hire 300 tech experts for AI push
Lloyds Banking Group is recruiting 300 tech specialists to build agentic AI by September, weeks before chief executive Charlie Nunn unveils a new strategy.
Half of London firms report an AI-era skills gap
A survey of 2,043 London business leaders finds just 50% believe their workforce has the skills needed for the AI era, down from 63% a year earlier.
Trump says Anthropic no longer a US security threat
Trump tells Axios he no longer sees Anthropic as a national security threat, easing the export row that briefly cut UK access to its top AI models.
Viral 'Europe 2031' scenario fuels AI sovereignty alarm
A speculative 'Europe 2031' scenario warning of AI collapse has gone viral in Brussels, sharpening debate over EU tech sovereignty and the UK's place in it.
Leeds makes its case to be Britain's second AI city
With deep financial-services and NHS data, Leeds is positioning to win AI's 'application economy' — but capital and senior-talent gaps still cap its ambitions.
Some users keep Anthropic Mythos access despite US ban
Early Glasswing testers like Cisco and Dragos still have Mythos Preview access after Washington's shutdown, while Europe's ENISA was cut off, Bloomberg reports.