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The U.K. plans to pass legislation next year to strengthen protection against the potential risks of AI, according to the FT. The country's science and technology minister, Peter Kyle, said the government will also invest in infrastructure to support the development of the AI industry. Speaking at the FT's Future of AI Summit on Wednesday local time, Kyle noted that the UK's current AI voluntary testing protocols "work well and are a good framework," but that an upcoming AI bill would turn such agreements with major developers into legal obligations. The bill will be introduced in the current parliament and will enable the UK's AI Safety Institute (AI ...

On November 4, Microsoft announced the launch of its Generative AI Accelerator program, which aims to nurture the UK's most prominent AI startups and help them succeed in the future. In partnership with NVIDIA and Microsoft's development platform GitHub, the program provides resources and opportunities for companies looking to build, scale and expand generative AI products and services. It runs from January to early March 2025, and is officially said to be tailored for UK AI startups that have already received seed funding and are looking to grow further. According to reports, Microsoft launched the program...

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The NHS is about to trial a "superhuman" artificial intelligence tool called Aire that can predict a patient's risk of illness and premature death, according to TheGuardian. Aire The new technology, known as AI-ECG risk estimation, or Aire for short, is trained to read the results of electrocardiogram (ECG) tests, detect potential structural problems in the heart that doctors can't see and flag up areas that may need further monitoring,...

UK graduates are facing unprecedented competition for jobs as they enter a labor market that is slowing down, while the number of applications per position has increased dramatically due to the use of AI, the Financial Times reported on Local 17. According to a report from the UK's Institute of Student Employers (ISE), employers received an average of 140 applications per position on graduate training programs in 2024, an increase of 59% from 2023.This is the highest value recorded in the organization's annual survey in over 30 years. Stephen Isherwood, co-chief executive of ISE, said...

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club issued a press release on October 9 announcing that next year's Wimbledon Championships will see the full introduction of AI-based Live Electronic Line Calling to replace human linesmen. It was announced that next year's Wimbledon Championships will fully introduce AI-based Live Electronic Line Calling to replace human linesmen. The Live Electronic Line Calling system is said to help umpires determine the trajectory of a tennis ball's landing point, and the club claims to have conducted extensive...

With the development of AI technology, telecom fraudsters have also begun to try to cheat their victims by means of AI face swapping and AI voice mimicry. Today, this new type of scam has become a global problem that many countries need to face. Local time 18, according to Metro reports, Starling Bank for more than 3,000 people in the United Kingdom, a survey shows that "voice" fraud has now become a common problem in the local area, the technology is able to use AI from just three seconds of audio to "create" the victim's friends and relatives. The technology uses AI to "create" the voices of victims' friends and family from as little as three seconds of audio. The latest figures show that more than a quarter of UK adults...

The declaration, also signed by the European Union, the United States and Israel, aims to mitigate the threat that artificial intelligence may pose to human rights, democracy and the rule of law The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence was signed at a conference in Vilnius. It aims to piece together a patchwork of AI protocols into a unified global framework. The UK government has signed the first international treaty on AI, a move aimed at preventing misuse of the technology, such as spreading misinformation or using biased data to make decisions. Under the legally binding agreement, countries must adopt safeguards against any threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law posed by AI...

Recently, the cooperation between Amazon and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has triggered an investigation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The investigation is about whether Amazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic will affect market competition. The CMA said that they have enough information to believe that this cooperation may have an adverse impact on the UK market, so they decided to conduct an in-depth investigation. Source Note: The picture is generated by AI, and the picture licensing service provider Midjourney Amazon expressed disappointment and believed that this investigation was unnecessary...

Not long ago, the new Labour government in the UK promised to put artificial intelligence (AI) at the heart of its agenda. However, now they have shelved $170 million in funding originally intended for AI and technology projects in order to balance the national accounts. The new government said this was because they inherited a financial mess from the Conservatives, and the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, even accused the previous government of "covering up" a $27.9 billion public spending gap. Source Note: The picture is generated by AI, and the picture is authorized by Midjourney. In this fiscal crunch…

Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can accurately predict the likelihood of early dementia patients developing Alzheimer's disease when the disease exceeds 80%. The research team said that this new method can reduce the need for invasive and expensive diagnostic tests, while improving treatment outcomes in the early stages of the disease and increasing the chances that interventions (such as lifestyle changes or new drugs) will work. More than 55 million people suffer from dementia worldwide, of which 60-80% is the type of Alzheimer's disease, which causes $820 billion in economic losses each year. It is estimated that in the future…

Samsung (July 18) issued a press release announcing the acquisition of Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British knowledge graph startup, to further enhance local AI capabilities and provide users with a more personalized AI experience. According to public information, Oxford Semantic Technologies was founded in 2017 by Ian Horrocks, Boris Motik and Bernardo Cuenca Grau…

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a statement on July 16 saying that it is investigating Microsoft's hiring of some former employees of Inflection AI and the relevant arrangements reached with Inflection. The regulator is concerned that this move may lead to a "substantial reduction in competition." Image source Pexels The CMA said in a statement that the deadline for making a first-stage decision is September 11, when the agency will announce whether to transfer the case to a second-stage in-depth investigation. In April this year, the CMA said it was soliciting public opinions...

Recently, Meta's plan to use user data to train its artificial intelligence system has attracted widespread public attention. This plan not only involves public data, but also includes users' non-public data. This move has been challenged under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), especially complaints from the Open Rights Group. The organization has submitted a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner's Office, requesting an investigation into Meta's privacy policy. According to Meta, the data processing is based on "legitimate interests", but many people have expressed doubts about this...

According to Graphcore's official website, the troubled British AI chip company has been acquired by SoftBank. According to the agreement, Graphcore will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank and continue to operate under its current name. The two parties did not disclose the specific transaction value. Graphcore was founded in Bristol, a city in southwest England in 2016, and has launched several generations of AI workload accelerators called Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU for short). Graphcore was once regarded as "…

Global tech entrepreneurs and investors are pushing the UK as a place to invest in artificial intelligence, but the UK faces competition as it strives to become the world's third-largest AI hub. Photo credit note: Image generated by AI, image license provider Midjourney At a conference at London Tech Week, tech executives from around the world called London and the U.K. a worthwhile place to invest in, particularly because of London's well-connected tech and AI ecosystems and its reputation for top universities and schools. But the UK faces challenges in its bid to become the world's third-largest AI center. London is full of...

For a long time, people have often referred to the plausible but erroneous answers provided by large language models as "AI hallucinations". However, three philosophical researchers from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom recently suggested otherwise -- that "AI hallucinations" is not an accurate description. The paper by the three researchers was published on June 8 (local time) in the journal Ethics and Information Technology. The paper points out that the behavior of chatbots "making up" answers should not be called "hallucinations," but rather "bullshitting...

The UK data protection regulator has concluded its investigation into Snap's artificial intelligence chatbot My AI and said it is satisfied that the company has addressed children's privacy risks. The ICO issued a general warning to the industry, asking it to assess the risks of artificial intelligence products before they are brought to market. Source note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is licensed by Midjourney. It is understood that Snap's AI chatbot is supported by OpenAI's ChatGPT, and the company said it has implemented a number of protections, including guided programming and parental control features. The ICO warned that the development of generative artificial intelligence...

Recently, Lucy Fraser, the UK government's culture secretary, announced that she would speed up the development of rules on AI transparency to help protect content creators, according to the Financial Times. She said that the introduction of these rules will mean that AI companies will have to be more open and transparent about the data used to train their models, that users will be able to choose for themselves which data can be used by AI companies for training, and that creators whose work is used to train their models will also be paid. Image source Pexels It's not just the UK, the European Union is currently working on similar rules under its Artificial Intelligence Act. Under the bill, AI...

UK AI startup Stability AI has been in discussions with at least one potential buyer in recent weeks regarding a sale. The company reportedly lost more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2024 on revenues of less than $5 million. Even more worrisome, Stability AI currently owes nearly $100 million in bills to cloud providers and other companies. Stability AI has yet to respond to this news. The financial woes have attracted a lot of attention in the industry and sparked speculation about the company's future. ...

The British Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AI Safety Institute) recently launched an AI model safety assessment platform called "Inspect", which uses open source authorization to open up free of charge to AI engineers around the world, allowing engineers to assess the performance and safety of their own models. The Inspect platform consists of three main frameworks, namely the Dataset, Solver, and Scorer, which can be used to evaluate The Inspect platform consists of three main frameworks, namely the Dataset, Solver, and Scorer, which can be used to assess specific aspects of each AI model's capabilities, including the model's core knowledge base, inference...

A group of British MPs have proposed a law to ban the use of artificial intelligence to create deep fakes of music stars in order to protect their voices and images from being infringed. Recently, more than 200 musicians signed an open letter calling for stronger protection against the abuse of AI, arguing that AI poses a potential threat to the voices and images of artists. Among them are well-known British artists such as Jess Green, the Monfort Brothers, Sam Smith and Zayn Malik. The bill proposed by the MPs also includes other measures to protect musicians from the possible threats posed by AI and ensure that AI becomes a force for innovation and inspires human creativity,…

According to Bloomberg, the UK is currently drafting a draft AI regulation to further strengthen the supervision of AI models such as GPT-4 to ensure that AI development is under control and does not cause potential harm to humans. The UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has begun drafting relevant bills, which may be released as early as the end of 2024 or announced at an artificial intelligence conference in France in early 2025. The UK has always taken a cautious attitude towards AI. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said last year…

On the evening of April 1, EST, the U.S. and the U.K. signed a landmark AI-related agreement, announcing the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Science Partnership. This is the world's first bilateral agreement on AI safety. The agreement specifies that the UK's new AI Safety Institute, which was established last November, and its US counterpart, will share expertise with each other by seconding researchers from both countries. Image source Pixabay Additionally, the two organizations will develop a common approach to AI safety testing, including using the same methodology and underlying infrastructure, dual...

More than half of UK university students use artificial intelligence (AI) to complete their studies, according to a study conducted by the Higher Education Policy Institute. The study asked more than 1,000 undergraduates whether they used tools such as ChatGPT to help write essays or solve problems, and the results showed that 53% students admitted to using the technology. Of those, 5% participants said they simply copied and pasted text generated by AI for their academic work. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensed to service provider Midjourney In response, Andres, Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex...