Tag: Procurement
29 articles tagged Procurement
Gartner tells CIOs the frontier labs are not enterprise grade
Analysts say models with six-month lifespans and no legacy support fail basic enterprise tests, and that 86% of CIOs see AI risk outpacing the value it delivers.
City of London's building chief bets on AI, not humanoids
Ola Obadara runs up to 50 capital projects for the Corporation and argues the industry is asking the wrong question about robots on site.
Britain offers AI start-ups £100m to fix public services
Four competitions open across the NHS, defence, compute efficiency and agent security. Winners own what they build, and can be paid before they deliver.
Judge calls Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting illegal
A US district judge has struck down the Defense Department's supply-chain risk designation of Anthropic, calling it retaliation for the company's refusal on weapons and surveillance.
UK public sector has signed £5bn of AI contracts since 2018
Tussell counts 2,129 AI awards across government and councils, with British suppliers now within £90m of catching US firms on cumulative value.
Angus Council buys £240,000 AI note-taker for social workers
The Scottish authority awarded the Magic Notes contract without a tender, citing absence of competition, after discussing the deal in private session.
Cheap Chinese model GLM-5.2 closes gap with US AI leaders
Z.ai's GLM-5.2 performs close to Claude Opus 4.8 at a fraction of the cost, reviving the 'DeepSeek moment' and sharpening procurement questions.
Met chief warns police risk being outwitted by AI crime
Sir Mark Rowley says criminals exploiting AI move faster than forces bound by slow procurement and calls for fewer, larger police forces.
Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan as ministers review £330m NHS deal
Palantir intends to sue London mayor Sadiq Khan over a blocked £50m Met Police contract, as the government begins a full review of its £330m NHS data deal.