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On 21 November, the British Government announced yesterday, local time, the establishment of the country's fourth artificial intelligence growth zone in South Wales, the second of its kind in Wales. The AI data centre corridor along the M4 highway linking Newport to Brijend consists of multiple sites, with a total investment of £10 billion, involving companies such as Vantage Data Centers and Microsoft (note: the current exchange rate is approximately £93091 billion), with a target of 1 GW size, creating at least 50..

On September 17, NVIDIA, in partnership with Nscale and CoreWeave, will invest up to Pound11 billion in the United Kingdom (note: the current exchange rate is approximately RMB10,712 million) to build artificial intelligence (AI) plants. The plan involves the largest AI deployment in British history and aims to deploy up to 120,000 British Blackwell Graphic Processors (GPUs) to local data centres by the end of 2026. This collaboration is with Chief Executive Officer Jen..

July 10 - The UK government yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Google Google Cloud, with plans to help 100,000 civil servants upgrade their digital and AI skills and advance the modernization of legacy IT systems by 2030. Currently, a quarter of systems in the UK public sector are still running on outdated technology, and in some police organizations and NHS trusts, the proportion is as high as 70%.This is due to contracts signed decades ago that are still in force, resulting in systems that have to rely on old servers that are prone to downtime and vulnerable to attacks. The British ...

July 2 - The Guardian published a blog post on June 30, citing research data published by recruitment website Adzuna, which showed that the number of entry-level jobs in the U.K. has fallen by nearly a third since the launch of ChatGPT, and that more and more companies are using artificial intelligence to reduce their workforce. The report states that since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, recruitment demand for entry-level positions, internships, apprenticeships, and graduate jobs that don't require a degree has fallen by 32%. Businesses are increasingly using AI to improve efficiency and reduce staff numbers...

June 9, 2011 - The British Film Institute (BFI) has warned that a large number of AI companies are illegally using 130,000 film and TV scripts to train their models, an infringement of copyright that poses a direct threat to the entire UK film and TV industry, the Guardian reported today. In a report analyzing the impact of AI on the film, TV, games and visual effects sectors, the BFI noted that automation could see a large number of entry-level jobs disappear, which would have been a key entry point for young people into the industry. The report emphasizes that the core problem facing the industry today is that generative AI uses copyrighted content neither...

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Builder.ai, a British tech startup that was one of the most funded tech startups in the United Kingdom, has announced that it is entering bankruptcy proceedings. Headquartered in London, Builder.ai is a company that specializes in using artificial intelligence technology to streamline the app and website development process. The company, which claimed that its technology could make the development process "as easy as ordering a pizza," was backed by a number of top-tier investors, including Microsoft and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, and raised more than half a billion dollars in cumulative funding (note: $3.601 billion at current exchange rates...).

May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Cyberattacks against the United Kingdom will become more frequent and sophisticated as AI technology develops, warned Pat McFadden, a senior minister in Britain's Cabinet Office, on Wednesday, local time, according to Reuters. Over the past few years, companies, government agencies and other institutions in the UK have been subjected to frequent cyberattacks, with economic losses amounting to tens of millions of dollars and operations often disrupted for months. In the last three weeks, Marks & Spencer, Co-op Group and Harrods, all well-known British retailers, have been hit, with Marks & Spencer's online clothing business still unable to return to normal. However, these companies are currently...

According to foreign media TechRadar reported on March 28, the British public finance watchdog released a report that pointed out that the promotion of artificial intelligence faces multiple obstacles, including outdated traditional IT systems, poor data quality and limited data sharing. The report is part of the U.K. government's "comprehensive AI rollout" program, which hopes to introduce AI technology into various industries by attracting 14 billion pounds (note: the current exchange rate is about 131.641 billion yuan) of private investment. The Public Accounts Committee estimates that the UK central government has around 28% of IT...

March 7 news, according to the British "Guardian" local time 6 reports, BBC News will set up a new department, using artificial intelligence to provide more personalized content for the public. BBC News said that in the face of the huge changes in the way the news is consumed, BBC has been working hard to attract viewers. According to an internal memo obtained by The Guardian, BBC News chief executive Deborah Turners announced an organizational restructuring of BBC News, including the creation of a new division called BBC News Growth, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence. The division will focus on the under 25s...

Feb. 26 - A survey of 1,000 students has revealed an "explosion" in the use of generative artificial intelligence over the past 12 months, The Guardian reported today. Nearly 90% (88%) of students in the 2025 survey said they would use a tool like ChatGPT in an assessment, up from 53% last year. According to the report, published by the UK's Higher Education Policy Institute and Kortext, a digital e-textbook company, the proportion of students who would use any AI tool has risen from 2024 to 2025, with the number of students who would use any AI tool increasing from 1,000 to 1,000, according to the report. ...

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Nearly 700,000 women across the country will take part in one of the world's largest trials to test how AI tools can be used to detect breast cancer cases earlier, according to a Feb. 4 press release on the U.K. government's website. The announcement from the U.K. Department of Health and Social Care said that 30 test sites across the country will be augmented with the latest digital AI technology as the U.K. government increases its use of the new technology across the board, in preparation for inviting women who are already booked for routine screenings on the NHS (note: the U.K.'s National Health Service) to take part. The technology will help radiologists, screening patients identify breast...

The UK government is working on four new laws designed to combat the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to a statement from the UK Home Office, the laws will make it clear that it is an offense to create, possess or distribute AI tools used to generate CSAM. The move will make the UK the first country in the world to legislate against such behavior. Under the new law, offenders could face up to five years in prison. It will also be an offense to possess "AI pedophile manuals" that incite others to use AI to sexually abuse children, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison. Operational Hosting CS...

January 13, 2011 - British Prime Minister David Starmer has promised that the UK government will purchase up to 100,000 GPUs by 2030, which means a 20-fold increase in the UK's sovereign AI arithmetic, mainly for AI applications in academia and public services. According to 1AI, the UK already has two advanced supercomputers, Isambard-AI at the University of Bristol and Dawn at the University of Cambridge.Isambard-AI is equipped with around 5,000 GPUs, specialized chips that are at the core of the AI software built...

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. plans to set up special zones to build data centers and explore using nuclear energy to power them in a bid to boost technology development and the artificial intelligence ecosystem, Bloomberg reported today. The first of these "AI growth zones," which will provide easier access to electricity and planning approvals for data centers, will be set up in Culham, home to the U.K.'s Atomic Energy Authority. The UK government will also set up an energy committee made up of public and private sector officials to look at how data centers can be powered by small modular nuclear reactors, which rely on nuclear...

In a blog post published yesterday (January 7), Reuters reported that the UK government is cracking down and making it a criminal offense to create and share indecent "deepfakes" images. The move will fill a gap in existing legislation and better protect victims. Note: Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to create realistic videos, images or audio that can be altered to look like anyone's likeness. Data from the UK's Revenge Porn Helpline shows that image abuse based on deepfakes has increased by more than 400% since 2017. ...

According to a local time report in the UK's Guardian newspaper on the 24th, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) will launch the world's first artificial intelligence trial using a "transformative" tool to identify patients at risk of developing type 2 diabetes more than a decade in advance. According to 1AI, more than 500 million people worldwide already have type 2 diabetes, and new ways to identify those at risk before they develop the disease have become a major global public health goal. It is predicted that by 2050, approximately 1 billion people worldwide will be affected by the disease. Type 2 diabetes is responsible for blindness, kidney failure, heart...

According to a BBC report on the 14th, British traffic authorities are testing a new camera in Devon and Cornwall that uses artificial intelligence technology to identify motorists who may be driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The device, called Heads-Up, can monitor road use and suspicious driving behavior to determine whether a driver is suspected of drink or drug driving. Upon notification, police will set up a forward location, stop the vehicle and conduct a field test for alcohol or drugs. This equipment can be deployed at any time to any road within the two counties, and drivers are usually not stopped by police until...

The U.K. plans to pass legislation next year to strengthen protection against the potential risks of AI, according to the FT. The country's science and technology minister, Peter Kyle, said the government will also invest in infrastructure to support the development of the AI industry. Speaking at the FT's Future of AI Summit on Wednesday local time, Kyle noted that the UK's current AI voluntary testing protocols "work well and are a good framework," but that an upcoming AI bill would turn such agreements with major developers into legal obligations. The bill will be introduced in the current parliament and will enable the UK's AI Safety Institute (AI ...

On November 4, Microsoft announced the launch of its Generative AI Accelerator program, which aims to nurture the UK's most prominent AI startups and help them succeed in the future. In partnership with NVIDIA and Microsoft's development platform GitHub, the program provides resources and opportunities for companies looking to build, scale and expand generative AI products and services. It runs from January to early March 2025, and is officially said to be tailored for UK AI startups that have already received seed funding and are looking to grow further. According to reports, Microsoft launched the program...

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The NHS is about to trial a "superhuman" artificial intelligence tool called Aire that can predict a patient's risk of illness and premature death, according to TheGuardian. Aire The new technology, known as AI-ECG risk estimation, or Aire for short, is trained to read the results of electrocardiogram (ECG) tests, detect potential structural problems in the heart that doctors can't see and flag up areas that may need further monitoring,...

UK graduates are facing unprecedented competition for jobs as they enter a labor market that is slowing down, while the number of applications per position has increased dramatically due to the use of AI, the Financial Times reported on Local 17. According to a report from the UK's Institute of Student Employers (ISE), employers received an average of 140 applications per position on graduate training programs in 2024, an increase of 59% from 2023.This is the highest value recorded in the organization's annual survey in over 30 years. Stephen Isherwood, co-chief executive of ISE, said...

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club issued a press release on October 9 announcing that next year's Wimbledon Championships will see the full introduction of AI-based Live Electronic Line Calling to replace human linesmen. It was announced that next year's Wimbledon Championships will fully introduce AI-based Live Electronic Line Calling to replace human linesmen. The Live Electronic Line Calling system is said to help umpires determine the trajectory of a tennis ball's landing point, and the club claims to have conducted extensive...

With the development of AI technology, telecom fraudsters have also begun to try to cheat their victims by means of AI face swapping and AI voice mimicry. Today, this new type of scam has become a global problem that many countries need to face. Local time 18, according to Metro reports, Starling Bank for more than 3,000 people in the United Kingdom, a survey shows that "voice" fraud has now become a common problem in the local area, the technology is able to use AI from just three seconds of audio to "create" the victim's friends and relatives. The technology uses AI to "create" the voices of victims' friends and family from as little as three seconds of audio. The latest figures show that more than a quarter of UK adults...

The declaration, also signed by the European Union, the United States and Israel, aims to mitigate the threat that artificial intelligence may pose to human rights, democracy and the rule of law The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence was signed at a conference in Vilnius. It aims to piece together a patchwork of AI protocols into a unified global framework. The UK government has signed the first international treaty on AI, a move aimed at preventing misuse of the technology, such as spreading misinformation or using biased data to make decisions. Under the legally binding agreement, countries must adopt safeguards against any threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law posed by AI...