AI News — Page 67
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
Welsh founder urges 'minimum wage for robots' to slow AI job cuts
A Welsh tech entrepreneur has urged the UK government to consider a 'minimum wage for robots' to slow AI-driven job displacement and protect workers.
UK research: cybercriminals struggling to make AI tools work for them
Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Cambridge researchers analyse 100m dark-web posts and find AI tools mostly help already-skilled hackers, not script kiddies.
Edinburgh AI tool aims to unlock UK woodland carbon investment
New Gradient's Earth-observation system, backed by UK Space Agency, automates Woodland Carbon Code verification to bridge a £1.8bn private investment gap.
English councils to trial Google AI planning tool to halve approval times
Augmented Planning Decision Tool, built by Google on £8.3m contract, will recommend grant or refuse decisions; council officers retain final sign-off.
Lloyds launches Envoy internal AI agent platform on Google Cloud
Lloyds Banking Group rolls out an in-house platform letting employees build, share and reuse AI agents through an internal marketplace, with human oversight.
NCSC warns UK organisations to prepare for AI-driven patch wave
UK NCSC says AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and a 'forced correction' patch wave is coming, urging perimeter hardening and update-by-default.
Rigby Group chief: UK AI strategy 'disjointed' as 1.6→6GW data centre target stalls
Rigby Group CEO Steve Rigby says UK AI sovereignty is constrained by power grid bottleneck, not capital, and policy must move beyond departmental silos.
UK biometrics watchdogs warn police AI oversight is years behind rollout
Met scans 1.7M faces in 2026 (+87%) as commissioners say facial recognition law is at least three years away and Police.AI rollout outpaces regulation.
Only 10% of UK small businesses give staff AI security training, survey finds
MoneySuperMarket survey of 250 UK SMBs reveals 44% worry AI exposes them to cyber threats but few invest in formal training; Scotland leads adoption.
EU's €20bn AI gigafactory plan faces 'cathedrals in the desert' criticism
MEPs and analysts question the demand case for four-to-five mega facilities; critics warn EU compute strategy may miss Europe's industrial strengths.