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28 Aug 2026
CISA red team reveals why some SOCs fail and others succeed
CISA tested two critical infrastructure SOCs with similar red team tactics. The results expose dangerous gaps in detection, response and credential security.
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28 Aug 2026
Arm chips in spotlight amid AI infrastructure cost concerns
Between a planned dual-purpose mainframe chip with IBM and the growing cost crunch as enterprises weigh private AI, Arm might have finally met its moment, experts say.
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28 Aug 2026
Where should CIOs invest next? IT leaders weigh in
Six CIOs share where they would invest if their IT budgets increased. AI leads, with data, infrastructure and security investments helping to scale it.
Artificial Intelligence News from the past 365 days
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28 Aug 2026
Wide misconception that AI investment information is regulated and that users are protected
With many using information generated by artificial intelligence to support their investments, the Financial Conduct Authority spells out the risks
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27 Aug 2026
Lumen expands cloud networking to US business sites
Expanded AI networking access designed to help enterprises extend cloud and AI connectivity with a consistent managed experience that reduces complexity and streamlines operations
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27 Aug 2026
TCS teams with Porsche to accelerate drive towards AI mobility
Strategic deal sees AI mobility centre of excellence set up to boost manufacturing, engineering, operations and customer experience at premium car company
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27 Aug 2026
Nvidia results highlight 30% gap in order fulfilment
While the chipmaker posts record-breaking revenue for the quarter, its CEO admits it can only meet 70% of the supply it needs
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27 Aug 2026
AI agents will try every door – and find the ones left unlocked
Enterprises are working out how to give AI agents identities of their own, says Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand, just as frontier models start finding vulnerabilities faster than anyone can patch them
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26 Aug 2026
Qualcomm looks to accelerate Japan’s robotics ecosystem
Mobile technology platform begins ‘comprehensive’ robotics investment initiative in Japan anchored by robotics research centre
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26 Aug 2026
Research ‘challenges assumption’ that older generation is less confident with fintech
Older people are more confident managing money online, despite the perception that young tech-savvy people have an advantage
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26 Aug 2026
Gartner: Deploy sandboxes to rein in AI agents
A string of mishaps is making sandboxing a priority for organisations deploying AI agents, but Gartner’s Manjunath Bhat warns that sandboxes are just one layer of defence
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25 Aug 2026
AI Scotland pumps £1.8m into SMEs
Scottish government is using funds to help the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises explore how artificial intelligence can improve business
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25 Aug 2026
AI Scotland pumps £1.8m into SMEs
Scottish government is using funds to help the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises explore how artificial intelligence can improve business
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25 Aug 2026
Argentina’s ‘techno-authoritarian’ turn expands state spying
The first two years of Javier Milei’s administration has served to expand surveillance capabilities, leading to profiling and reprisals across the country, and limiting rights to privacy and freedom of expression
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24 Aug 2026
How AI has improved customer support for Aussie firms
Support leaders for carsales at Catapult Sports and Sealy of Australia explain how Zendesk’s AI tools have changed their service operations, from providing round-the-clock support to ticket triage in over 60 languages
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24 Aug 2026
Mimecast CEO on why AI risk starts with the user
Ranjan Singh talks up the security supplier’s focus on human risk management, the behavioural data he believes rivals can’t match, and why having a local datacentre is a condition of doing business in APAC
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21 Aug 2026
NCSC tells organisations to have AI kill switches at the ready
In the wake of a series of cyber incidents involving AI agents, the NCSC has published interim guidance for operators of agentic systems, advising organisations retain the ability to pull the plug on AI systems entirely
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21 Aug 2026
‘AI Resist List’ launched to challenge tech industry narratives
A coalition of journalists, scholars and researchers has launched a database to document the increasing grassroots pushback against artificial intelligence technologies
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20 Aug 2026
Cloudera unveils Anywhere Cloud as enterprises pull AI back on-premises
The modular platform lets enterprises run data and AI services across public clouds, private datacentres and air-gapped sites, with early adopter ExxonMobil getting it up and running in just over an hour
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20 Aug 2026
ICO police facial recognition audits reveal ‘mixed’ bag
The use of facial recognition technologies by UK police forces requires ‘significant improvements’ to ensure accountability and public trust, says data regulator
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20 Aug 2026
Starling Bank adds AI-powered skills to customer-facing chatbot
The bank plans to introduce AI skills on a regular basis to build out the capabilities of the Starling Assistant
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20 Aug 2026
PoliceAI outlines plans to test and assure AI for policing
Computer Weekly speaks with PoliceAI – a national body set up to build, test and assure artificial intelligence models for policing contexts – about how it plans to approach the development and implementation of automated policing tools
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19 Aug 2026
Data observability specialist Bigeye puts focus on AI spend
With agentic AI costing more than many organizations expected, the data observability specialist's latest alerts users when the expense of an agent suddenly changes.
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19 Aug 2026
Proofpoint launches AI security engineering centre in India
The security supplier is hiring over 200 engineers in Hyderabad to develop models that can interpret the intent behind the actions of AI agents, Proofpoint’s latest investment in a market where its business has tripled in a year
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19 Aug 2026
Gartner: Agentic AI won’t benefit from economies of scale
The cost of AI inference varies greatly depending on the model and how much thinking and planning agentic AI systems need to do
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19 Aug 2026
How AI is changing the economics of customer service
Jon Aniano, Zendesk's senior vice-president and general manager of customer experience, talks up the rise of voice AI agents, the limits of average handle time and why automated resolution frees human agents for the calls that matter
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18 Aug 2026
Alibaba Cloud opens third South Korea datacentre
The Chinese cloud supplier has expanded its Korean footprint with its third datacentre as it looks to capture a bigger slice of a crowded market dominated by Western and local players
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18 Aug 2026
Snowflake targets cost of AI with dynamic model routing
With spending on AI spiraling out of control for many organizations, the vendor's latest new feature automates model selection to balance cost and performance.
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18 Aug 2026
UK police to launch £1.4m AI call system
The system, developed by the Home Office and National Police Chiefs’ Council, will use AI software to assess why someone is calling the 101 non-emergency police line
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18 Aug 2026
NXP simplifies secure industrial connectivity with MCX A5 MCUs
Chip family designed to make connection to industrial edge devices easier and to unlock trusted real-time data for AI-driven applications such as simplified industrial networking
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17 Aug 2026
Lanarkshire gets £300m to fund AI growth zone
DataVita set to expand datacentre capacity while Dell Scotland relocates main office to Lanarkshire
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17 Aug 2026
Natural History Museum’s ‘living laboratory’ logs 11 million environmental records in first year
More than 50 sensors feed temperature, humidity and acoustic readings into the Museum’s AWS Data Ecosystem, which found woodland soils stayed 10°C cooler in June’s heatwave
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16 Aug 2026
ACE Robotics takes aim at embodied AI’s data problem
The SenseTime-backed firm is pairing wearable data capture with an on-device world model to address the challenges holding back the wider use of robots in the enterprise
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14 Aug 2026
IPO inevitable for Databricks after adding $5B in funding
Experts note that the benefits of going public ultimately outweigh those of staying private, even with the vendor seemingly able to raise unlimited financing.
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14 Aug 2026
UK government unlocks further connected vehicle development funding
Investment boost for projects exploring how autonomous vehicles could benefit businesses and communities across the UK as part of £150m Pathfinder programme
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14 Aug 2026
Quintas Energy deploys AI through Box to power workflows
The company is using artificial intelligence with Box to help it classify and understand documentation
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13 Aug 2026
Databricks' Electric acquisition adds embeddable PostgreSQL
Flush with funding, the data management and AI vendor continues to make purchases that add capabilities aimed at aiding users building and deploying agents.
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13 Aug 2026
MongoDB intros latest features to fuel AI development
Unifying frequently disparate capabilities such as vector embedding, data retrieval and agent workflows helps distinguish the vendor amid a crowded field of data and AI providers.
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13 Aug 2026
Zayo, Nvidia team to address AI network capacity shortage
Digital infrastructure provider delivers critical network capacity to power current AI ecosystem and accelerate the next generation of AI innovation with AI chip leader’s infrastructure
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13 Aug 2026
Rimini Street bids to broaden CIO appeal with agentic AI move
Rimini Street made its name in third-party enterprise software maintenance but says it is now branching out to attract IT leaders bewildered by complexity
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13 Aug 2026
Ryanair signs five-year Google Cloud AI partnership
Ryanair adds Google Cloud to existing AWS estate, to deploy Gemini Enterprise and DeepMind models to 35,000 staff for crew scheduling and operational decision-making
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13 Aug 2026
At least six police forces have racked up contracts with Palantir worth £7.8m
A joint investigation by Computer Weekly and Good Law Project reveals six police forces have used Palantir’s data analytics software, while several other forces are believed to have access through regional taskforces
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13 Aug 2026
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure gets hybrid quantum capabilities
Oracle has partnered with Quantinuum to bring the company’s Helios system to OCI customers
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12 Aug 2026
Ant Group debuts physician platform to support patient care
The AQ for Doctor platform is integrated with a patient-facing app to help doctors conduct online consultations, manage patient records and support clinical decision-making
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12 Aug 2026
Dubai ranks second globally in AI adoption as investment in digital infrastructure accelerates
BCG’s Intelligent Cities Index highlights how the emirate is translating artificial intelligence ambitions into large-scale deployment, supported by investments in datacentres, sovereign AI initiatives and digital infrastructure
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12 Aug 2026
Sovereignty beyond residency: Why Gulf governments must rethink AI control
Vast Data’s Haider Aziz argues that auditability, portability and governance will determine the success of sovereign artificial intelligence initiatives across the Middle East
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12 Aug 2026
SK Telecom Hyper-AI consortium names global tech partners
Global comms tech provider takes part in South Korean government-backed AI-RAN initiative, reinforcing its AI-native network strategy and commitment to South Korea’s 6G momentum
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12 Aug 2026
EE maintains UK mobile quality leadership
Report assessing UK mobile performance in the first half of 2026 finds BT-owned leading provider fends off growing competition to lead in nation-wide market testing
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12 Aug 2026
Why sexualisation of women by Grok’s GenAI is a data privacy issue
MP Jess Asato discusses her landmark legal case against xAI, explaining why she believes AI companies must be held accountable for privacy violations
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11 Aug 2026
Nearly 60% of people regretted taking social media financial advice
TSB survey of 2,000 people found that one in four have used artificial intelligence for financial advice
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06 Aug 2026
South Korea's government overtakes telcos as top cyber attack target
Kaspersky researcher Sojun Ryu says ransomware crews have joined nation-state groups in going after South Korean organisations, as traces of LLM output start turning up inside malware
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05 Aug 2026
Power scarcity pushes APAC datacentre pipeline to record 26.5GW
Asia-Pacific’s datacentre development pipeline grew by 7.1GW in the first half of 2026, with Southeast Asia now accounting for half of all capacity under construction
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05 Aug 2026
Mythos ran real-life supply chain attack in AI safety body test
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 has been caught orchestrating a real-world open source supply chain attack using social engineering techniques during a test run by the UK’s AI Security Institute
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05 Aug 2026
Chi Onwurah pushes to curb digital twins of real people
The chair of the science, technology and innovation committee says digital twins of people should be covered by data protection law
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05 Aug 2026
Munich Airport marshalls digital twin to improve operations
Munich Airport turns to Celonis process mining software to optimise operations and passenger experience through real-time digital twins, focusing on baggage handling efficiency
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04 Aug 2026
Government gives regulatory boost to support AI in legal sector
Legal firms have been invited to participate in the new Legal Services AI Growth Lab to reduce barriers to the use of artificial intelligence in legal services
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04 Aug 2026
Time to rethink US frontier AI model dominance
DeepSeek has done it again, usurping US AI power when it comes to cost by demonstrating that artificial intelligence can be done on the cheap
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04 Aug 2026
Nvidia-backed Open Secure AI Alliance puts AI security and sovereignty in focus for Middle East
Industry coalition aims to develop open tools for securing artificial intelligence systems, a model that could resonate strongly in the UAE and Saudi Arabia as governments and enterprises seek greater control over AI infrastructure, data and cyber risk
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04 Aug 2026
Many medical AI developers unfamiliar with regulations
Most developers feel responsible for the AI tools they build, but few know the frameworks meant to keep patients safe, according to a study by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University
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03 Aug 2026
Court document in Asato case reveals xAI/Grok sexual prompts
Grok’s design and training allows it to generate harmful sexualised content, according to the policy file in its GitHub repository
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03 Aug 2026
Kaspersky to scan AI agents for backdoors as shadow AI spreads
The security supplier will release a tool this month that vets agent skills, models and artificial intelligence development components before they reach corporate networks to defend against threats from shadow AI
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02 Aug 2026
TeamViewer touts self-healing IT as turnaround takes hold
CEO Oliver Steil sets out the supplier’s push into autonomous IT management and the guardrails around it, as its latest results point to a recovery from a year spent absorbing the acquisition of 1E
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31 Jul 2026
Anthropic lost control of Claude in latest AI cyber blunder
Days after two OpenAI frontier AI models conducted their own real-world cyber attacks, Anthropic admits that three of its models went off the rails and hacked external organisations thanks to a ‘misunderstanding’ with one of its technical partners
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31 Jul 2026
Troubleshooting cloud connectivity emerges as main barrier to AI adoption
Research finds that despite 96% of respondents claiming their enterprise networks are ready for future cloud and AI, the average IT team still spends more than 11 hours each week resolving cloud connectivity problems
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31 Jul 2026
AI will support all Lloyds Bank customer interactions by 2030
Artificial intelligence was a major contributor to the bank’s £2bn cost savings in past four years
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31 Jul 2026
Microsoft earnings reflect efficiency gains from faster GPU deployment
With delays in GPU orders, Microsoft has focused on getting its AI chips installed in Azure datacentres more quickly
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31 Jul 2026
Offshore support staff don’t fear artificial intelligence
Workers supporting business from offshore locations are unconcerned about the impact of AI on their jobs
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31 Jul 2026
BMW Group drives digital cockpit, automated driving future with Qualcomm
Mobile platform firm named lead compute silicon provider for BMW Group, covering digital cockpit and ADAS/AD systems with model programmes for next decade
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30 Jul 2026
What CISOs should take from the Hugging Face-OpenAI incident
Security experts say the lesson isn't to abandon sandboxing, but to strengthen the security controls around surrounding systems as AI tests their limits.
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30 Jul 2026
EU AI Act compliance deadline is here: What to watch
The EU AI Act's high-risk compliance deadlines have been delayed, but August 2 remains important. Here's what enterprises need to know about enforcement, governance and what comes next.
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30 Jul 2026
Meta results reveal people are vying for its compute
While it builds out its own AI infrastructure, Meta appears to be considering a new revenue stream, as a provider of processing power
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30 Jul 2026
UK emergency services struggle with unreliable connectivity
Survey reveals a stark 5G adoption gap in UK emergency services, where connectivity is recognised as mission-critical, yet only 22% use 5G routers while 44% remain reliant on mobile hotspots
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29 Jul 2026
OCBC taps agentic AI to cut private banking onboarding time
The bank’s Helios platform front-loads compliance checks to reduce account opening times and turn its compliance function into a source of quality leads for its private banking business
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29 Jul 2026
Nimble launches agents to cull relevant web data for AI
The vendor's Web Search Agents autonomously learn domain-specific use cases to help enterprises collect contextually relevant information for AI and analytics.
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29 Jul 2026
Potential consequences are severe when AI agents lack context
When connected with relevant context, agents can increase organizational efficiency and reduce spending. When left to guess, they can cause significant harm.
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29 Jul 2026
Interview: Fabrizio Pilotti, CIO, Aston Martin Formula One
Managing IT for a Formula One racing team is almost as much of a high-speed experience as the cars themselves – and tech is becoming more and more embedded into the sport
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29 Jul 2026
NUS builds AI assistant to ease research process
AI Sense Maker draws on 150,000 NUS research papers and digitised Southeast Asian materials to help students and researchers generate insights from trusted sources
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28 Jul 2026
Adobe releases AI search product catalog optimization tool
Soon, if not already, the customer relationship begins by persuading AI agents that your brand is legit.
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28 Jul 2026
Inside police plans to share intelligence and crime data across the UK
Computer Weekly examines how UK police will use Palantir’s AI tools to dramatically increase intelligence sharing between forces, enabling investigators to analyse mobile phone data and sensitive information at scale
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28 Jul 2026
Technology teams to be hit by Visa’s 7% jobs cull
Payments giant Visa set to cut thousands of jobs as competition in the sector intensifies
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28 Jul 2026
Did an AI agent really break free and attack another company?
The reality of the AI-orchestrated cyber attack on Hugging Face is rather more complicated, and much more worrying, than it might appear at face value
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28 Jul 2026
Data management vendors race to connect AI with context
With agents requiring situational awareness to be accurate, connecting AI with relevant data and business logic has been an almost singular focus throughout 2026.
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28 Jul 2026
DBS holds off on letting AI agents run on their own as controls lag capability
The bank has strung together as many as 80 agents to prepare credit approvals for big corporate clients but says the industry’s ability to police such systems is advancing at a fraction of the pace of the technology itself
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27 Jul 2026
All agentic AI data access, orchestration hinges on these two standards
A vibe check on the state of the two foundational generative AI standards.
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27 Jul 2026
Nvidia pushes ahead with security alliance for AI openness
Nvidia and several businesses have formed a cross-industry alliance to promote open, secure AI to improve cyber defences
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27 Jul 2026
AT&T unveils telco open AI model
US comms giant reveals open AI model built specifically for the telco industry, claimed to be able to reduce the cost of deploying AI at scale
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27 Jul 2026
HSBC chooses Singapore for global AI centre of excellence
UK-headquartered bank will develop artificial intelligence in Singapore-based centre of excellence
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27 Jul 2026
Context is king as agents evolve, but problems persist
Awareness enabled by appropriate data and business logic is one of the differences between agentic applications that properly perform and those that never reach production.
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24 Jul 2026
US government to consider AI Kill Switch law
Two US congressmen have introduced a bill to give Washington the power to pull the plug on rogue AI models in an emergency
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24 Jul 2026
WEKA pushes full-stack approach to keep GPUs fed
WEKA addresses AI inference bottlenecks with WEKApod 3, its first custom-designed hardware, paired with NeuralMesh 6 software to improve GPU efficiency.
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24 Jul 2026
Physical AI now mainstream as manufacturers scale AI implementation
Study reveals how physical AI is set to transform industrial environments – from factories and warehouses to logistics networks, maintenance operations and quality management
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24 Jul 2026
Patrick Vallance returns as AI taskforce chair
Following stepping down as science minister, Vallance’s return marks a rethink on AI, taking best practices from the UK’s Covid-19 Taskforce
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24 Jul 2026
OpenUK calls for a UK version of the Linux Foundation
Tech sovereignty needs to be a part of the UK government’s reindustrialisation plans, and this requires an open source focus
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24 Jul 2026
Why embodied AI security extends beyond the robot
As AI moves into robots, autonomous vehicles and industrial systems, attackers are likely to target the credentials, cloud services and update channels that control them
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23 Jul 2026
New Oracle AI database targets cost, data residency concerns
The tech giant's latest offering is a scaled-down version of its Exadata platform and helps differentiate its lineup of databases from those of competing providers.
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23 Jul 2026
Domo acquired for $400M, sells to Progress Software
Amid slow growth and a sliding stock price, the analytics provider is the latest specialist to join forces with a larger enterprise rather than remain independent.
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23 Jul 2026
Will digital government recover from DSIT breakup?
Computer Weekly looks at what Andy Burnham’s decision to dismantle the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology means for the UK tech sector, and how the department will be split up
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23 Jul 2026
How CIOs can navigate federal, state AI regulation uncertainty
AI laws are evolving across the EU, U.S. states and the U.S. federal government. An effective governance framework helps organizations meet requirements across all jurisdictions.
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23 Jul 2026
Digital government services increase accessibility gap
Many adults are unable to access digital government services in the UK, leading the digital divide to widen
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23 Jul 2026
Alphabet borrows $100bn to pay for AI investments
The parent company of Google and YouTube has increased its debt portfolio from $16bn to $100bn to pay for AI infrastructure
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23 Jul 2026
Why AI coding agents won’t kill SaaS
Investors may fear that AI coding agents will wipe billions off SaaS valuations, but SiteMinder CTO Tom Varsavsky thinks the technology will speed up software delivery, reduce tech debt and force IT leaders to master token economics
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22 Jul 2026
Hugging Face ‘hacker’ was rogue OpenAI model
A hacker who broke into Hugging Face’s systems last week has been exposed as a pair of advanced OpenAI frontier models that were trying to cheat on an exam
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22 Jul 2026
House of Lords questions Andy Burnham’s AI plans
An urgent question relating to the disbandment of DSIT has put the new administration under pressure to clarify funding and strategy for AI and science