AI News — Page 70
The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
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.
EY launches UK and Ireland Forward Deployed Engineer roles for AI delivery
EY is recruiting Forward Deployed Engineers in the UK and Ireland to embed inside client teams and move AI projects from proof-of-concept into live production.
Seven UK forces in advanced talks for Peregrine policing AI
The Times rides along with Kansas City Police as the Peregrine real-time data analytics platform prepares to land in UK forces within weeks.
UK departments at odds on AI datacentre energy demand
DSIT and DESNZ projections for AI datacentre power use diverge by an order of magnitude as the UK's compute and net-zero plans collide.
UK ministers resist alignment with EU's AI rulebook
DSIT officials warn that adopting Brussels-style AI rules in Starmer's EU reset could damage UK tech investment and US partnerships.
