The UK government has announced the first meeting of a new AI Energy Council aimed at ensuring the nation’s AI and clean energy goals work in tandem to drive economic growth. The inaugural meeting of the council will see members agree on its core objectives, with a central focus on how the government’s mission to…

Alibaba Cloud has expanded its AI portfolio for global customers with a raft of new models, platform enhancements, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tools. The announcements, made during its Spring Launch 2025 online event, underscore the drive by Alibaba to accelerate AI innovation and adoption on a global scale. The digital technology and intelligence arm of Alibaba…

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has solved a problem that has frustrated AI researchers for several years. Its breakthrough in AI reward models could improve dramatically how AI systems reason and respond to questions. In partnership with Tsinghua University researchers, DeepSeek has created a technique detailed in a research paper, titled “Inference-Time Scaling for Generalist Reward…

Deep Cogito has released several open large language models (LLMs) that outperform competitors and claim to represent a step towards achieving general superintelligence. The San Francisco-based company, which states its mission is “building general superintelligence,” has launched preview versions of LLMs in 3B, 8B, 14B, 32B, and 70B parameter sizes. Deep Cogito asserts that “each…

AI is driving a new revolution across a number of industries and the supply chain is no exception. AI has been the most transformative technology of the decade, and it’s no secret it has helped supply chains become more efficient, resilient, and responsive, while allowing organisations to become more efficient and ensuring workforces to focus…

The promise of AI is that it’ll make all of our lives easier. And with great convenience comes the potential for serious profit. The United Nations thinks AI could be a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – about as big as the German economy. But forget about 2033: in the here and now, AI…

Spot AI has introduced Iris, which the company describes as the world’s first universal video AI agent builder for enterprise camera systems. The tool allows businesses to create customised AI agents through a conversational interface, making it easier to monitor and act on video data from physical settings without the need for technical expertise. Designed…

Nina Schick is a leading speaker and expert on generative AI, renowned for her groundbreaking work at the intersection of technology, society and geopolitics. As one of the first authors to publish a book on generative AI, she has emerged as a sought-after speaker helping global leaders, businesses, and institutions understand and adapt to this…

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 data centre consumes as much electricity as 100 000 households,” the IEA notes, with the largest facilities under construction projected…

OpenAI has launched a legal counteroffensive against one of its co-founders, Elon Musk, and his competing AI venture, xAI. In court documents filed yesterday, OpenAI accuses Musk of orchestrating a “relentless” and “malicious” campaign designed to “take down OpenAI” after he left the organisation years ago. Elon’s nonstop actions against us are just bad-faith tactics…