Panel members on the AI as a Competitive Advantage session held at the AI Summit in London this week discussed the reality businesses face when trying to move artificial intelligence projects into production. Data presented in the Summit’s AI at Scale stream, suggests that 80% of proof-of-concept AI projects fail to move into production. While…
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Technology leaders are baffled by a “cacophony” of “buzzwords, hype and confusion” over the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the founder and CEO of technology company Pegasystems. Alan Trefler, who is known for his prowess at chess and ping pong, as well as running a $1.5bn turnover tech company, spends much of his…
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Earlier this year, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), one of the Netherlands’ leading technical universities, demonstrated the uncomfortable truth that even organisations that tick all the cyber security boxes can fall victim to sophisticated attacks, when attackers gained enterprise-level access to its network and began preparing what forensic investigators later concluded would have been a devastating ransomware…
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Seven civil society organisations are calling on European Commissioner Michael McGrath to rescind the UK’s data adequacy status, citing major concerns around the country’s ongoing erosion of privacy and data rights. Writing to McGrath in an open letter dated 3 June 2025, the organisations argue that current data handling practices in the UK – in…
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After months of missteps and confusion, the UK digital identity sector now has the clarity to move forward. Technology secretary Peter Kyle’s recent blog outlining the role of the private sector alongside his department’s work on the Gov.uk Wallet is a moment that demands open collaboration between government and industry. We have a lot to…
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics strategy, which the regulator says will support innovation while protecting people’s data rights. Published on 5 June 2025, the strategy highlights how the ICO will focus its efforts on technology use cases where most of the risks are concentrated, but where…
Preparations are underway for Ofcom to expand its regulatory remit to include datacentres, as the government seeks to harden up the “soft points” in the UK’s cyber defences through the enactment of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB). The revelation emerged during an oral evidence session, overseen by the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee,…
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The UK’s patchwork approach to regulating biometric surveillance technologies is “inadequate”, placing fundamental rights at risk and ultimately undermining public trust, says the Ada Lovelace Institute (ALI). As UK public and private organisations rapidly expand their use of various biometric surveillance technologies, an analysis by the ALI has found that “significant gaps and fragmentation” in…
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Regulations and legal frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI) currently lag behind the technology’s uptake. The rise of generative AI (GenAI) has pushed artificial intelligence to the fore of organisations’ modernisation plans, but so far, most development has taken place in a regulatory vacuum. Regulators are rushing to catch up. According to industry analyst Gartner, between…
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The government has announced £5.5m of funding to support projects that will be streamlined by the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) to cut bureaucracy. The RIO, headed by David Willetts, was set up by the government to cut red tape, remove barriers to innovation and accelerate the time it takes to bring emerging technologies to market.…
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