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.
AI leaders at the House of Lords Summit warn of rising cyber threats and call for urgent investment in digital skills, ethical data use, and national…
Microsoft is laying off around 6,000 employees—nearly 3% of its global workforce—as it manages rising AI infrastructure costs despite strong cloud growth.
British energy software startup Zendo Energy has raised £1.75 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of its AI-powered platform designed to help data centres reduce…
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn says the company will phase out contract content creators and expand AI use across operations as part of a strategic pivot…
More than 25% of UK workers fear AI could lead to job losses, prompting Acas to urge employers to develop clear policies and reassure staff over…
Manychat raises $140 million in funding led by Summit Partners to expand globally and enhance its AI-driven customer engagement platform used by over a million businesses…
Fuel Ventures leads £3 million investment in climate-tech firm 51toCarbonZero to expand its AI-driven platform and support international growth across the UK, Europe and the US.
New research reveals UK small businesses are using AI to boost efficiency, with productivity gains of up to 133%. From marketing help to rota planning, AI…
Coventry-based FinTech Inicio AI lands £2.6M seed funding to scale its AI-powered affordability solution, following victory at Birmingham Tech Week’s OneToWin competition.
Gerry Adams is weighing legal action against Meta over claims his books were used without permission to train its AI. The former Sinn Féin leader joins…
Channel 4 chief Alex Mahon urges government to act on AI data use, warning that current copyright proposals risk undermining the UK’s fast-growing £125bn creative sector.
Elon Musk merges xAI and social media platform X in an $80bn deal to integrate AI with real-time user data. The move aims to boost growth…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces £3.25bn investment in AI and public service reform to drive growth, boost efficiency and modernise the UK economy amid slowing GDP.
A British start-up pioneering artificial intelligence to accelerate materials development has won the UK Government’s £1 million Manchester Prize.
The UK government’s decision to integrate artificial intelligence into public sector operations has raised concerns over potential job losses, particularly within the civil service.