Yorkshire Dales School Uses AI to Mark Mock Exam Papers
Wensleydale School is trialling AI marking on English and history mocks at 45p per answer, with teachers double-marking alongside the system.
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The latest AI developments shaping UK business and technology
OpenAI Launches External Safety Fellowship Programme
OpenAI is opening applications for a new external safety fellowship running September 2026 to February 2027, with stipend, compute and Berkeley workspace.
UK Immigration Judges Using Microsoft Copilot to Draft Rulings
Immigration tribunal judges have official approval to use a restricted version of Microsoft Copilot to prepare hearings and draft judgments amid record backlogs.
Alan Turing Institute Told to Reform After UKRI Review
UKRI says the UK's flagship AI research institute is underperforming on strategy and value for money, demanding a pivot to defence and national security.
Netflix Releases VOID Model That Erases Objects From Video
Netflix has open-sourced VOID, a vision-language model that removes objects from video and inpaints how remaining elements should behave afterwards.
UK Courts Anthropic to Expand London Base After Trump Clash
Starmer's government is pitching office expansion and a possible dual listing to Anthropic as the £300bn AI lab feuds with the US defence department.
FRC Issues First UK Guidance on AI in Corporate Auditing
The UK's Financial Reporting Council has published the first framework for audit firms using generative and agentic AI, as Big Four accelerate rollouts.
Secondhand clothing sales forecast to hit £217bn as AI helps shoppers find deals
The global secondhand clothing market is expected to grow 12% this year to £217bn ($289bn), with AI-powered search and cataloguing helping platforms match buyers with inventory.
Cambridgeshire council deploys AI cameras to detect potholes across 4,600km road network
Cambridgeshire County Council has begun a £100,000 contract for AI-powered highway inspection software to tackle its £800m road maintenance backlog.
Google partners with gas power plant for AI datacenter as climate commitments soften
A 933-megawatt gas plant in Texas would emit up to 4.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year — more than the entire city of San Francisco — to power Google's AI infrastructure.
Royal Cornwall NHS Trust adopts Microsoft Sentinel to defend against cyber attacks
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has moved to Microsoft Sentinel to protect its 200+ sites and 15,000 users across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from growing cyber threats.
Microsoft launches mid-class AI model as compute constraints limit frontier ambitions
Microsoft's AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says the company lacks the computing power for frontier models but expects to reach that scale later this year.