AI News — Page 66
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
Google funds AI irrigation pilot to save water in Belgian farms
Google is backing an AI precision-irrigation pilot across more than 1,000 hectares in the Scheldt Basin, targeting 158m gallons of water saved annually.
Major publishers sue Meta over Llama AI training on books
Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage sue Meta in Manhattan federal court, alleging Llama was trained on millions of pirated works.
UK police facial recognition is outpacing oversight rules
Live facial recognition is being deployed by UK police and retailers faster than regulators can keep up, with the Met scanning over 1.7 million faces this year.
Defra builds civil-service manual using agentic AI
Defra has launched a new digital service manual co-built with agentic AI agents, promising civil-service practitioners a single home for fragmented guidance.