
UK invests £36m in AI supercomputer to boost research and startup innovation
The UK Government has announced a £36m investment to expand Cambridge’s DAWN AI supercomputer, giving researchers and startups free access to advanced computing power.
Artificial intelligence coverage with the Business Matters filter: not the hype cycle, but what AI adoption actually looks like inside UK firms – the tools, the costs, the failures, and the regulation heading down the track.

The UK Government has announced a £36m investment to expand Cambridge’s DAWN AI supercomputer, giving researchers and startups free access to advanced computing power.

Pinterest has dismissed two engineers who created software to identify colleagues made redundant as the company cuts 15% of jobs and shifts further towards AI.

Women working in technology and financial services are at greater risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence and automation than men, according to a new…

Barnsley has been rebranded as the UK’s first “tech town”, with Microsoft, Google, Cisco and Adobe backing a government-led AI rollout across schools, healthcare and local…

The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched formal investigations into X Internet Unlimited Company and X.AI over their handling of personal data in connection with the Grok…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired xAI in a landmark deal that brings rockets, Starlink satellites, X and the Grok chatbot under one roof ahead of a…

A House of Lords AI summit has called for wider adoption of agentic AI to boost UK productivity, support SMEs and address a looming skills gap…

Amazon is in early talks to invest up to $50bn in OpenAI, as the ChatGPT maker seeks up to $100bn in funding at a valuation of…

Tesla has reported its first annual revenue decline as it cuts the Model S and Model X, pivots manufacturing to humanoid robots and deepens investment in…

Lanarkshire has been announced as Scotland’s first AI Growth Zone, creating more than 3,400 jobs and attracting £8.2bn in private investment alongside targeted cost-of-living support for…

Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has announced a new cross-government Future of Work Unit, a £27m TechLocal programme and plans to upskill 10 million workers…

Financial AI platform Rogo has opened its first international office in London, backed by a $75m Series C round led by Sequoia Capital, as European banks…

Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and hundreds of creatives have backed a new campaign accusing AI companies of stealing copyrighted work and calling for mandatory licensing deals.

The UK government has made its largest direct investment to date through the British Business Bank, backing AI firm Kraken Technologies as ministers seek to keep…

Amazon is preparing a second major round of job cuts as it looks to shed around 30,000 roles, with artificial intelligence and organisational restructuring driving reductions…