Kendall stakes UK AI sovereignty on chip plan and 'middle powers' bloc
Tech Secretary uses RUSI keynote to set out a UK AI hardware plan and pitch alliances with France, Germany and Canada to reduce US dependency.
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Finix wires MCP servers to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for developers
Payments processor Finix opens API and docs to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini via MCP — part of a broader fintech trend of AI-assistant-first developer tooling.
UK chip strategy targets £37bn ($50bn) AI hardware market share
Kendall's RUSI hardware plan aims at 5% of a forecast $1tn AI chip market — but supply-chain dependencies and workforce gaps remain unresolved.
HMRC rolls Microsoft Copilot out to 28,000 staff after Whitehall trial
HM Revenue and Customs licenses Copilot for tens of thousands of officials and prepares agentic features, citing 26 minutes saved per user per day.
Ineffable raises £830m seed at £3.8bn — UK Sovereign AI Fund joins record round
David Silver's UCL spinout Ineffable Intelligence has closed a £830m ($1.1bn) seed at a £3.8bn ($5.1bn) valuation, with Sovereign AI and the British Business Bank co-investing.
City Hall report puts a million London jobs in AI's exposure zone
A 71-page Greater London Authority study finds at least one million London jobs are highly or significantly exposed to generative AI, against a 38% UK average.
61% of UK financial services staff now use generative AI daily, Smarsh finds
A 2,000-person Smarsh survey shows daily generative AI use across UK financial services and insurance, with only 32% confident their firm can monitor the output.
Accenture rolls Microsoft Copilot out to all 743,000 employees
Accenture is deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot to its entire 743,000-strong workforce in the largest enterprise rollout to date — a major reference win for Microsoft.