Softcat to offer new machine learning services with AI specialist Sysgroup May 29, 2024 Softcat has partnered with artificial intelligence specialist Sysgroup, in a move bosses hope will expand its machine learning customer-base.
Softbank to invest $9bn in pivot to AI May 27, 2024 Japanese tech company Softbank is to invest almost $9bn in artificial intelligence, as it pivots away from its traditional venture capital model of investing. Softbank became known globally for its flagship Vision Fund, investing in pie in the sky companies which occasionally translated to a massive win. Most famously, the company invested a staggering total [...]
Scarlett Johansson ‘shocked’ over OpenAi’s ‘eerily similar’ ChatGPT voice May 21, 2024 On Sunday, OpenAI announced it was pausing the voice to address "questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT."
AI skills could mean higher pay, PwC research finds May 21, 2024 PwC has found that jobs which involve AI could pay higher and are experiencing a booming productivity growth rate.
Nvidia eyes strong first quarter results as analysts remain bullish May 19, 2024 This AI hype has enabled Nvidia to annihilate consensus sales and profit forecasts in all four quarters of the financial year 2024.
What Wayve’s billion-dollar round says about the UK’s fundraising landscape May 12, 2024 Wayve's latest funding round was heralded as a watershed moment for UK tech, but also revealed a worrying trend about our fundraising landscape.
The UK needs to build a British data library to become an AI leader May 8, 2024 Politicians should back calls to develop a British data library if they want to see the UK give birth to the next crop of world-leading AI firms, Jess Jones writes
Meet the fund manager: Stephen Yiu on Meta, Nvidia and cashing in on the AI boom April 29, 2024 In this weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from Stephen Yiu, manager of Blue Whale Growth fund.
RWS: Language tech firm bets on AI to boost growth as it forecasts drop in profit April 23, 2024 Language services group RWS Holdings is expecting a fall in profit as it bets on its artificial intelligence offerings to provide much-needed growth.
The IMF says the UK is primed to benefit from AI – the next government must not waste this opportunity April 23, 2024 The UK economy is uniquely positioned to benefit from the roll out of artificial intelligence. Politicians on all sides should be championing policies that help secure these benefits as soon as possible, Chris Dorrell writes