
MI5 tells universities to review ties to China-linked research funder
An MI5 espionage alert names a Chinese institute it says funds research for Beijing's intelligence service and tells universities to review ties now.
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.

An MI5 espionage alert names a Chinese institute it says funds research for Beijing's intelligence service and tells universities to review ties now.

OpenAI safety concerns have stopped GPT-6.1 Astra reaching users, as the ChatGPT maker apologises for its handling of AI agent breaches in Australia.

Research from thortful on AI chatbot advice finds 16.8 per cent of UK adults have chosen a chatbot over a friend, though 68.3 per cent never…

Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman says AI has reached a "watershed moment" and calls on Britain to build sovereign AI capacity urgently.

New NatWest AI research shows 83 per cent of AI-using businesses in London and the South East report efficiency gains, with trust named as key to…

London start-up Basecamp Research has raised $140m from backers including Anthropic, Nvidia and the sovereign AI fund to hunt for rare genetic code.

The former deputy prime minister's 917,460 director shares are worth about $18m at the valuation reportedly sought in the Nscale IPO on Wall Street.

Wonderful AI London base opens in Covent Garden, with the 18-month-old Dutch-Israeli firm planning to recruit hundreds of staff to serve UK clients.

Josh Payne could receive shares worth up to $350m under a package disclosed ahead of the Nscale IPO in New York, targeting a valuation of about…

Barclays research finds 87 per cent of UK manufacturers use automation to manage disruption, while 72 per cent report more defence and security demand.
![Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, said yesterday that the public should trust AI companies to keep the technology safe, while accepting that people were right to be concerned about its risks. Nvidia's Jensen Huang said no new laws or regulations were needed, and Mark Zuckerberg argued labs have strong incentives to focus on safety. Critics including Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon and Yoshua Bengio say oversight cannot be left to the industry, while Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warned an unregulated sector means "rolling dice with immense risks". Should AI firms be trusted to regulate themselves? Read the full story: [ARTICLE URL] #AI #AIRegulation #Technology](https://bmmagazine---co---uk.lsproxy.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sam_Altman_Marc_Benioff-420x236.jpg)
Sam Altman told Salesforce's Dreamforce the world should trust AI firms, as the debate over AI self-regulation draws in Zuckerberg, Huang and Sanders

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has rejected calls for AI regulation, saying market forces can manage the risks as rival bosses clash over safety.

Mark Carney pitched his Canada AI strategy, AI for All, to investors in Toronto, covering clean power, compute, frontier AI and help to adopt it.

Spectrum Equity has led a $56m Xapien funding round, with the due diligence platform planning to expand in the US and relocate its chief executive there.

Human data platform OriginalVoices has closed a £1m pre-seed funding round led by Iona Star, with plans to scale its team and grow in the US…