The Labour Party aims to grow the economy by 0.5% by enabling businesses and the public sector to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Peter Kyle MP, said yesterday that AI could increase the government’s fiscal headroom by £72bn within five years. “If there is 0.5% … Leer más
Sometimes it’s easy to forget in our obsession with developments such as AI that our complex software ecosystems are reliant on little bits of metamorphic rock. Microscopic pieces of silicon, refined from quartzite, are manufactured in increasingly convoluted supply chains into semiconductors that power every technology. We’re surrounded by thousands of these chips from the … Leer más
The South West of England has traditionally been one of the country’s region’s most underserved by high-speed internet, but announcements from both the UK’s leading broadband provider Openreach and from leading independent business technology provider Focus Group has highlighted the growth of gigabit connectivity in the region. As it looks to keep on track with … Leer más
Nationwide’s proposed takeover of Virgin Money could see a company that has gone through multiple technology integrations in recent years integrated into a well-established digital strategy. Nationwide plotted its future technology in 2008, when it announced an initial £1b investment in IT to create a foundation for the future. Over the same period, Virgin Money … Leer más
Digital secretary Michelle Donelan has said the success of government plans to digitally transform public services and become a “science and technology superpower” will rest on industry partnerships and the ability of public bodies to better utilise data. Speaking at TechUK’s third annual tech policy leadership conference in Westminster, Donelan outlined how the government’s ambitions … Leer más
The UK government has signed a science and research agreement with Germany to collaborate on joint opportunities in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum and clean tech. UK science and technology secretary Michelle Donelan and German federal minister of education and research Bettina Stark-Watzinger have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent committing both countries to broadening … Leer más
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is experimenting with developing a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to make the information contained within the 700,000 pages of the Gov.uk website more accessible to end-users. GDS CEO Tom Read discussed the project during a fireside chat with Ministry of Justice CDIO Gina Gill at the 2024 Tech Show … Leer más
Software-defined storage maker Hammerspace claims its Hyperscale NAS functionality will offer a global file system that’s built for artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) workloads and for the high demands of GPU-driven processing. It offers performance usually only provided by dedicated high performance computing (HPC) storage products, but for data resident in any on-site or cloud location. … Leer más
Current figures on subpostmaster accounting shortfalls put into perspective the Post Office’s “staggering mismanagement” of discrepancies experienced by those operating its branch network prior to a High Court ruling in 2019 that forced it to change its ways. Under the Post Office’s policy for retrieving shortfalls in subpostmaster branch accounts before the 2019 court case, … Leer más
Businesses continue to invest in data analytics, despite a growing emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI). Business intelligence and data analytics projects continue to offer the prospect of more efficient and effective operations in both the commercial and public service sectors, with organisations looking to derive more value from their data. But this is going hand in … Leer más