‘AI accountability agenda’: US senator unveils package of bills to curb tech’s harms | Technology
US senator Ed Markey is worried about the perils of unregulated artificial intelligence. What part? All of it:…
Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays
Security More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond’s auto-patching tools Microsoft has warned customers to expect more…
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Ventures,…
Peril and promise: The high-stakes CFO challenge of AI adoption
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the potential risks and benefits as CFOs…
The non-tech sectors tipped to lead in AI’s next phase
As AI investment shifts from chips and software to the physical infrastructure needed to run it, energy, industrial…
South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing | South Korea
South Korean chip maker SK hynix set pricing for its mega US listing on Friday, aiming to raise…
Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI | Financial sector
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce a new City “skills compact” that will commit firms such as Barclays…
OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT model after delay over White House cybersecurity concerns | ChatGPT
OpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6, on Thursday after earlier delaying the public rollout…
UK.gov withholds £10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues
public sector After CEO promised ‘flagship use-case’ for AI, retired scheme members still struggling to make ends meet,…
MP says ‘no intention to mislead’ with AI picture
MP Sureena Brackenridge says there was no intention to mislead people after a story about a fictional nurse…
Every playful AI picture carries a hidden price — making just one image can use about as much energy as fully charging your smartphone, one study found
As MIT Technology Review put it, “generating an image using a powerful AI model takes as much energy…
Xbox Boss Asha Sharma Joins Federal Reserve Taskforce on Productivity and Jobs
The Federal Reserve has called on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to help it assess the economic impact of…