AI bias harms over a third of businesses, 81% want more regulation

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05.07.2025

AI bias is already harming businesses and there’s significant appetite for more regulation to help counter the problem. The findings come from the State of AI Bias report by DataRobot in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and global academic leaders. The report involved responses from over 350 organisations across...

Meta unveils SeamlessM4T multimodal translation model

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04.07.2025

Meta researchers have unveiled SeamlessM4T, a pioneering multilingual and multitask model that facilitates seamless translation and transcription across both speech and text.  The internet, mobile devices, social media, and communication platforms have ushered in an...

IEA: The opportunities and challenges of AI for global energy

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03.07.2025

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has explored the opportunities and challenges brought about by AI with regards to global energy.   Training and deploying sophisticated AI models occur within vast, power-hungry data centres. A “typical AI-focused...

Baidu undercuts rival AI models with ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1

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02.07.2025

Baidu has launched its latest foundation AI models, ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, and is offering them free for individuals through ERNIE Bot. The company says that it aims to “push the boundaries of multimodal...

CrowdStrike: Cybersecurity pros want safer, specialist GenAI tools

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01.07.2025

CrowdStrike commissioned a survey of 1,022 cybersecurity professionals worldwide to assess their views on generative AI (GenAI) adoption and its implications. The findings reveal enthusiasm for GenAI’s potential to bolster defences against increasingly sophisticated threats,...

Ant Group uses domestic chips to train AI models and cut costs

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30.06.2025

Ant Group is relying on Chinese-made semiconductors to train artificial intelligence models to reduce costs and lessen dependence on restricted US technology, according to people familiar with the matter. The Alibaba-owned company has used chips...

NVIDIA launches UK supercomputer to search for healthcare solutions

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29.06.2025

Nvidia’s ‘Cambridge-1’ is now operational and utilising AI and simulation to advance research in healthcare. The UK’s most powerful supercomputer and among the world’s top fifty, Cambridge-1 was announced by the technology company in October...

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman departs Google

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28.06.2025

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman has departed Google after an eight-year stint at the company. Suleyman co-founded AI giant DeepMind alongside Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 before it was acquired by Google in 2014...

Duolingo shifts to AI-first model, cutting contractor roles

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27.06.2025

Duolingo is restructuring parts of its workforce as it shifts toward becoming an “AI-first” company, according to an internal memo from CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn that was later shared publicly on the company’s...

UK secures £6.3B in data infrastructure investments

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26.06.2025

Four major US firms have announced plans to invest a combined £6.3 billion in UK data infrastructure.  The announcement, made during the International Investment Summit, was welcomed by Technology Secretary Peter Kyle as a “vote...