AI News — Page 70
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
AI in the Justice System Is Moving From Pilots to Infrastructure
Westminster conference hears AI is becoming embedded in court operations, with Sir Brian Leveson calling for whole-system reform and clear principles of oversight.
Grammarly Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over AI Expert Review Feature
Journalist Julia Angwin sues after discovering Grammarly used her identity without consent for AI-generated writing suggestions branded as expert advice.
AI-Powered Fraud Hits Record Levels in UK as Scams Surge 6%
Cifas reports 444,000 fraud cases in 2025, with AI enabling industrialised account takeovers across mobile, banking and online shopping.
AI Helps Discover Rare Woodpecker's Call in Sussex Woodlands
University of Sussex researchers use AI to identify lesser spotted woodpecker calls in 1,300 hours of recordings — the first detection in the area for 30 years.
Anthropic in Talks With Private Equity Firms on AI Joint Venture
Claude maker reportedly negotiating with Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman to form a consulting-style AI venture, amid ongoing Pentagon dispute.
AI data centres could block new UK homes from electricity grid
UK government proposals to let AI data centres skip the electricity grid queue have drawn warnings from builders that housing developments will be frozen out.
CMA warns AI agents may push consumers toward worse deals
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority says agentic AI assistants risk manipulating consumer choices and prioritising their creators' commercial interests.
Google AI catches 25% of breast cancers missed by NHS screening
Research from Google, Imperial College London, and the NHS shows AI detected a quarter of interval cancers missed by radiologists and could cut workloads by 40%.
NHS AI breast cancer screening works but trust is the catch
A Sky News analysis of Google-NHS research shows AI matches radiologists at cancer detection and reads scans 170x faster, but doctors struggle to trust its findings.
PAC challenges government's 'curiously specific' AI savings claims
The Public Accounts Committee has questioned the methodology behind the government's claim that Microsoft Copilot saves civil servants 26 minutes per day.
