Wimbledon chiefs considering scrapping human line judges for AI June 21, 2023 Wimbledon chiefs are considering replacing human line judges with AI in future editions of the Grand Slam event in SW19. The All England Club is sticking with line judges for next month’s Championships in SW19 and insists it has no immediate plans to make the switch. But it is increasingly incorporating technology into its operations [...]
Sustainable partnerships June 1, 2023 With increasing focus being placed on CSR and ESG policies, the push for firms to take action to help tackle the UK’s climate challenge has never been stronger. This moment of increased engagement presents businesses across the UK with a unique opportunity to form partnerships and collaborations to enhance processes, products, and services, all in [...]
Unilink: Software firm wins His Majesty’s pleasure for prison technology May 16, 2023 Francis Toye says he always wanted to start up his own business but thought he was maybe too “risk averse”. The opportunity came when he was set free from a 15-year career from IBM following a restructuring process. With a little redundancy cash and still working with the technology giant as a partner, Unilink was [...]
Empowering Social Mobility: New college creating opportunities in Tech May 15, 2023 Watching and mentoring a struggling schoolboy through his A-levels gave Mark Smith, founder of Ada, the National College of Digital Skills, the idea of starting up his own college. From opening the Tottenham-based college in 2016 with around 30 students, in 2023 Ada – named after Ada Lovelace, a computing pioneer, will provide education for [...]
AI doing the work of over 200 people at Octopus, chief executive says May 8, 2023 Octopus Energy customers are more satisfied with AI bots answering their emails than humans, the energy provider’s chief executive revealed on Monday. Writing in the Times newspaper, the energy company’s chief executive, Greg Jackson, said the technology was doing the work of 250 people by answering customer emails and had received a 80 per cent [...]
IBM could replace almost 8,000 jobs with AI, boss says as it expects hiring slowdown May 2, 2023 Artificial intelligence could replace 7,800 jobs at the technology giant, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), according to its chief executive. Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg News on Monday that the company expected to pause hiring for non-customer facing roles, such as human resources. “I could easily see 30 per cent of that getting replaced by AI [...]
In Defence of Capitalism: Why Nokia and MySpace lost their monopolies April 6, 2023 Each week, Dr Rainer Zitelmann mythbusts the arguments against capitalism. This week, it’s the idea that capitalism creates monopolies – but looking at Nokia and MySpace amongst others suggests otherwise In an international survey on popular perceptions of capitalism, which I commissioned for the book In Defence of Capitalism, one of the main criticisms levelled [...]
Microsoft knows ChatGPT won’t crash and burn like previous AI technologies February 28, 2023 Microsoft is being smart about ChatGPT. It has recognised the invaluable potential of this technology, but it's being cautious with how it incorporates it into its products. This is a wise approach, writes Howard Yu
IBM finds the cost of training could scupper UK’s drive to become a ‘science superpower’ February 14, 2023 The cost of training for a scientific or technology-related career is seen as the number one concern of UK students, job applicants and career changers, a survey commissioned by IBM has revealed. IBM found that job seekers who were eyeing up roles in science and tech areas saw the necessary training as unaffordable. The global [...]
Archax launches regulated digital asset custodian January 31, 2023 Archax - the first FCA regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian - has announced the official launch of its custody service.