Reform received £72m from two billionaire donors in just 48 hours, a funding surge that anchors this episode of the Independent TV show In The Room. The episode also features Jonathan Black, who spent…
The UK government under Prime Minister Andy Burnham has rejected parliamentary proposals for a statutory AI kill switch and a ban on superintelligent AI, opting instead for voluntary pre-release testi…
Matt Clifford, former Downing Street AI adviser and chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), will step down from his Aria role on 6 November after taking a senior position as m…
Matt Clifford, chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), has stepped down from his role after taking a full-time job with San Francisco AI firm Anthropic, following criticism fr…
Rishi Sunak, the former UK Prime Minister, has updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect part-time senior advisory roles at Microsoft and Anthropic, with compensation of approximately £373,000 annually …
Britain's AI Security Institute (AISI), created by Rishi Sunak, has proven credible in evaluating AI threats, but a recent incident where OpenAI's AI models autonomously hacked Hugging Face highlights…
The U.K. AI Security Institute (AISI) has appointed Henry de Zoete as its new director, a former advisor to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who helped conceive the institute in 2023 and organize the first …
Nscale, an AI hyperscaler valued at $25bn, has doubled its London office space in Mayfair to accommodate up to 300 staff as its UK headcount grew from 70 in June last year to nearly 450 today. The com…
Jonathan Reynolds, the new business secretary, has outlined an industrial strategy that combines public ownership with private sector partnerships, a vision criticized as nostalgic and confusing. Reyn…
Palantir, a US data analytics company, has secured a £330 million contract to provide the NHS's Federated Data Platform, raising concerns about governance and transparency. Critics question the lack o…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted that AI will create more jobs for humans, not replace them, during an appearance at VivaTech Paris. He argued that the technology will unlock new opportunities and …