All articles by Ryan Morrison

Ryan Morrison

Expertise in digital ethics and data flows could help Britain become a ‘global tech superpower’ – report

The UK government must be strategic and lean on existing strengths if it is to compete with the US and China, research claims.

As Vision Fund losses top $32bn, SoftBank prepares for fresh AI bet

The Japanese conglomerate has been cashing in some of its investments so it can back more promising AI ventures.

Google I/O details tech giant’s big bet on Bard chatbot

The company’s new large language model PaLM 2 will power expanded capabilities of Bard and Workspace.

Google Cloud expands AI offering and launches Duet coding assistant

Google is branding its generative AI and coding assistant Duet AI and will work across Google Cloud and Workspace.

Generative AI boom means copyright laws must change, MPs told

Creative industry leaders are calling for updates to copyright law to protect performance, voice and image rights.

IBM announces watsonx enterprise AI platform

IBM says its models have been sanitised and cleaned, coming with a governance process allowing for transparency and explainability.

SAP, Siemens join companies lobbying against EU Data Act

Companies argue that a general data sharing requirement on IoT devices will create an unfair advantage to non-EU companies able to request that data.

Broadcom makes fresh bid to stop EU blocking $61bn VMware acquisition

Broadcom still expects to complete the acquisition before the end of October despite multiple anti-competition investigations.

CMA launches review into foundation AI models – other UK regulators could follow

The watchdog is basing its review of the AI market on the principles set out in the UK AI framework including safety and fairness.

Slack GPT brings native AI capability to Salesforce’s messaging platform

Salesforce says Slack will become an AI platform, where multiple large language models can be incorporated into workflows.