Tag: Scotland
53 articles tagged Scotland
FRP survey finds Scottish AI speed gains often offset by costs
FRP Advisory research finds Scottish mid-market firms deliver faster with AI, but 53% say rising costs elsewhere cancel the benefit, and lenders are doubtful.
Scotland's top judge says AI-invented law is reaching the courts
Lord Pentland says fake cases and non-existent legislation produced by AI have been cited in Scottish courts, bringing contempt 'perilously close'.
AI planning tracker City Scope expands to all 32 Scottish councils
An Edinburgh analyst's side project that summarises and scores planning applications with AI now covers every Scottish local authority, data centres included.
MSPs told a datacentre moratorium would deter investors
Scottish Financial Enterprise's chief executive warned Holyrood's Economy Committee that the tone of the debate is putting off capital, as AI is pitched at £23bn.
Scotland gets coding and AI hubs to end postcode lottery
Digital Xtra shifts from funding individual projects to permanent hubs, opening first in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Inverclyde and Moray with Lego Education kit.
Police Scotland warns of protest risk at Larbert data centre
A planning consultation letter tells the developer to expect opposition and plan security — one of the first official acknowledgements of UK data centre unrest.
Scottish manufacturers use AI daily but 68% train nobody
Scottish Engineering survey data shows 72% of firms have staff using AI regularly, while two-thirds provide no formal training and only 5% have a strategy.
Outlander star attacks Scotland's AI data centre applications
Sam Heughan calls the data centre boom a short-sighted money grab, as 24 proposed Scottish sites would more than double the country's peak demand.
SNP push to freeze Scottish datacentres tests UK AI plan
The SNP's national council has passed a motion to freeze new Scottish datacentres, a move that could halt projects central to the UK's AI infrastructure strategy.
Fife village fights 600MW AI data centre on its doorstep
Residents of Auchtertool oppose plans for one of the world's largest AI data centres, as Scotland weighs 24 hyperscale projects and calls grow for a moratorium.
Scotland's 'green datacentre' policy excludes AI emissions, charity finds
Action to Protect Rural Scotland says the country's National Planning Framework 4 relies on a 2022 analysis predating ChatGPT, with no working definition of 'green'.
Scottish judge warns of contempt proceedings after landlord uses AI-invented law
A sheriff court in Kirkcaldy found that a landlord relied on fictitious legislation and case references generated by AI, in what is believed to be a first for Scots law.
