The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
UK Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
UK retailers face GBP £25 billion tech modernisation bill
Ageing systems are forcing retailers to weigh short-term margins against a £25 billion upgrade programme, as cyber risks and AI readiness rise.
GSS uses AI cloud tool to speed sanctions screening
Financial institutions could benefit as GSS says its new AI tool has cut sanctions-screening infrastructure review times from two days to under four hours.
CommonAI picks Kao Data for UK scaling inference lab
Backed by ARIA, the Harlow campus will host five AI clusters to give UK startups a neutral testbed for rack-scale systems by early 2027.
Westcon-Comstor posts record first-half sales on AI demand
AI-related spending helped lift gross sales 21.3% to USD $3.37 billion, as the distributor posted record first-half earnings.
Ecommpay launches AI chatbot for small business payments
It aims to cut support delays for merchants who lack in-house payments expertise, while escalating complex issues to human staff.
Jaguar Land Rover renews Aiimi partnership on data
The renewal gives Jaguar Land Rover continued access to Aiimi's Workplace AI platform as manufacturers seek better control of legacy data before wider AI rollouts.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Commvault adds identity resilience tools for IDRecover
Anthropic adds 11 partners to Claude for financial advisers
Jaguar Land Rover renews Aiimi partnership on data
Syndigo named leader in Gartner's first PIM quadrant
Oracle adds AI data platform tools for enterprise governance
Featured News
La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget
Employers fear higher taxes and weak incentives will keep hiring and training subdued, as the government prepares a cautious Autumn Budget.
Tributech: AI is rewriting the threat model for Europe's CNI
New UK reporting rules and AI-enabled attacks are leaving critical infrastructure operators with far less time to spot and contain breaches.
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Aveni: After Mills Review, AI agents need targeted assurance
Banks and other firms face fresh pressure to supervise chatbots like staff, as Aveni says smaller models need social science to spot bias and risk.
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
AI transforming B2B discovery - but human trust endures
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Estima CEO: Generative AI reshapes pharmaceutical value proof
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Reviews
Expert Columns
Britain's forgotten middle - why mid-market businesses hold the key to the UK's growth ambitions
Cybersecurity Awareness: The Importance of Getting the Basics Right
As payments become invisible, AI must prove it can be trusted to reach its full potential
From AI That Answers to AI That Acts
When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?
Address-Anchored Identity: Why Data Quality Is the Missing Link in eIDV
Why the quietest IT transformations can have the greatest impact
It's time to embrace our robot overlords
Experts discuss key tech learnings from BIGSOUND
The Next Evolution of Data Centres Isn't Technology. It's People
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
CrowdStrike uncovers China-linked AI cyber campaign
CrowdStrike has identified a China-linked cyber campaign using agentic AI to conduct simultaneous intrusions against more than 200 organisations across at least 14 countries.
Barracuda appoints Dan Fletcher as Chief Financial Officer
The cybersecurity company is bolstering its executive team as it pushes into a new growth phase and seeks to capitalise on demand for its platforms.
CISOs lag on AI governance as board oversight trails
Many large firms still lack clear AI oversight, with just 7% of CISOs at companies above USD $10 billion in revenue owning the governance brief.
JFrog names nine winners of software supply chain awards
The inaugural prizes highlight a wider shift as large enterprises tighten oversight of code, AI models and other assets moving through development pipelines.
Microsoft adds security tools for AI agents in 365
Security teams will soon be able to limit and monitor AI agents in Microsoft 365 as the company treats them as potential insider risks.
Acronis warns awareness gap leaves users open to hacks
Basic cyber hygiene is still patchy, with 35% of people not backing up data regularly as phishing and AI-driven attacks keep rising.
Shopify adds app security check to CLI in AI toolkit
Developers can now spot common security flaws in their own apps before release as Shopify widens its AI Toolkit and commerce updates.
Enteligent unveils PowerCore stack for AI data centres
The stack could lift AI rack compute density by up to 50% as operators face rising power demands and heat from GPU-heavy workloads.
Google adds AI & partner tools to air-gapped cloud
Defence and intelligence users can now query local text, audio and video with Gemini, without moving sensitive data outside their air-gapped perimeter.
Google warns LLM judges are biased & unreliable
The guidance says automated scoring can miss unsafe outputs and reward verbosity, making AI evaluation less objective than many businesses assume.
Oracle launches Claw-powered supply chain agentic apps
The tools aim to help supply chain teams cut waste, balance scarce capacity and speed approved decisions across planning, logistics and procurement.
Google Cloud sets out three-layer AI agent plan for biotech
Biotech researchers could gain tighter control over sensitive data and slower simulations as Google Cloud separates planning, computation and oversight.
Neurologyca launches an AI video testing suite in US
Brands and agencies in the US can now test video engagement remotely, as Neurologyca expands a tool already used by more than 100 customers in Europe.
Fortanix adds CNCF Confidential Containers support
Businesses handling sensitive AI data can now run Kubernetes workloads inside trusted execution environments with added attestation and key controls.
Google Cloud backs Reflection's Beam for coding agents
Developers could see faster, cheaper agentic coding sessions after Google Cloud added day-one support for Reflection's open-weight Beam model.
Coro expands Italy reach with Activa Digital partnership
The partnership gives small and mid-sized Italian firms another bundled cyber option as tighter EU rules push demand for simpler security tools.
Chrono opens private beta for temporal CRM platform
Businesses can now request invitation-only access as Chrono tests whether its temporal CRM can unify marketing, sales and service work.
Oracle deepens OpenAI tie-up with new business tools
The deal widens access to AI inside corporate systems, with a free-to-start SMB bundle offering USD $12,000 in cloud credits a year.
Cerebras to bring fast AI inference to Oracle cloud
The addition will give Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers a faster option for AI agents, with Cerebras inference due in calendar year 2027.
Oracle adds AI networking upgrades to Acceleron
The changes aim to reduce bottlenecks and outages for customers running large AI workloads across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Job Moves
Yoono appoints Ilan Davimes to lead Crown Dependencies
OneAdvanced names Emma Brown as Chief Financial Officer
SPhotonix appoints Alex Avramov as Chief Operating Officer
Smarsh names Alessandro Silva Chief Growth Officer
Spinnaker Support promotes Mark Fetches to global CTO
iCXperience names Iain Banks to drive enterprise growth
Centeca names Jesper With-Fogstrup as Chief Executive
Alchemist Group appoints Griffiths as fractional CTO
Global Tech Advocates launches new global research centre
