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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Scotland launches five-year AI strategy

  Scottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks

  LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Agentic AI to make data uplink the next mobile bottleneck

  Report shows that as distributed intelligence systems scale, they will reshape mobile network traffic patterns and accelerate the need for advanced AI operations for the comms industry

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI

  The UK government has ruled out forcing creatives to opt out of their intellectual property being used by artificial intelligence developers as its preferred solution to the AI-copyright controversy, but may still implement copyright exemptions later

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  HPE taps Nvidia to transform distributed AI factories into intelligent AI grid

  IT giant unveils slew of releases for Nvidia GTC 2026 based on scalable production-ready AI encompassing next-generation artificial intelligence factory, supercomputing and intelligent AI grid

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report

  Regulation has superseded cyber threats as the main driver of cyber security spending, and AI has made its debut for attack and defence, according to a CNI-focused report from Bridewell

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  HSS ProService ‘Uber-ifies’ with functional programming and agentic AI

  HSS’s pivot from 130-depot hire business to a digital-only marketplace to handle messy transactions and old-school processes in the construction sector

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  Interview: Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform, Booking.com

  Effective use of technology has already delivered significant cost savings at the online travel giant, and greater use of AI and machine learning promises to bring even greater opportunities to improve

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  Infrastructure is back as Orange Business drives trusted agentic platforms

  Annual customer gathering of enterprise arm of global telco sees launch of four key applications taking advantage of agentic AI capabilities and emphasising the need for robust and secure infrastructure

• March 18, 2026 18 Mar'26

  UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems

  The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces

• March 18, 2026 18 Mar'26

  Fast followers will fall behind in the AI race, warns ServiceNow

  ServiceNow experts and customers highlight why acting at pace, deploying cross-system AI agents and governance are key in AI adoption

• March 18, 2026 18 Mar'26

  Nvidia workforce to be dominated by AI agents in a decade

  Jensen Huang expects digital workers to vastly outnumber human employees at Nvidia, while also revealing plans to restart mainland China operations and declaring autonomous driving a solved problem

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Alibaba joins AI agent race with Wukong launch

  Following the viral success of OpenClaw and product launches from Nvidia and Tencent, Alibaba has unveiled an agentic AI platform that integrates with DingTalk to orchestrate business workflows

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows

  Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

  Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer

  Following a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing in India

  Frontier AI company launching Emergence India Labs (EIL) to accelerate the nation’s shift from IT services to autonomous systems and advanced process is use cases such as manufacturing

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  Nvidia expands Vera Rubin platform, details Groq integration

  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks up efforts by the AI technology giant to pave the way for self-evolving, multi-agent systems with the integration of Groq LPUs and a software stack for the OpenClaw agent platform

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  SuperMicro takes on server leaders as AMD pushes on-premise AI

  Lenovo and HPE pushed down as SuperMicro sees 134% AI growth, while AMD pushes on-premise Agent Computer

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  C-suite execs flag core nature of edge AI to business strategy

  Research from edge computing provider observes enterprise edge AI is now an intrinsic part of core business infrastructure, driven by rapid uptake of agentic operations

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  UK Atomic Energy Authority readies fusion simulation AI supercomputer

  The AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware will deliver 6.74 exaflops to power digital twins to support nuclear fusion research

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns

  While UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  Openreach trials ‘pioneering’ fibre-optic water leak detection

  UK’s leading broadband provider embarks on test of fibre‑optic leak‑detection system designed to turn cables into thousands of virtual sensors, claiming over two million litres of water saved each day

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  Unreliable fleet connectivity driving employee exodus

  Study finds fleets experience an average downtime of 25%, equating to three to four days of downtime per month, while a third of fleet operators still rely on hotspots from mobile devices to provide connectivity on the move

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  Why real-time data is key for enterprise AI

  Moving AI from experiment to production requires high-quality, real-time data streaming. Australia tech leaders from Confluent, Bendigo Bank, Telstra, and Coles share how they are turning systems of record into systems of action

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  UK government ‘flying blind’ with poor data in charting regional growth

  The government is being impeded in its bid to stoke economic growth across the regions, according to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  Zoom expands enterprise agentic AI platform

  AI-first work platform provider introduces new workflow capabilities across Workplace, phone and customer experience products, expanding its enterprise agentic AI platform

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  What it takes to succeed with AI

  With research showing the use of AI may temporarily reduce productivity, Cloudera’s Vini Cardoso urges businesses to adopt an organisation-wide platform approach driven by measurable value and trusted data

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI

  Auto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Wayve gears up with end-to-end AI for autonomous vehicles

  Mobile technology platform firm teams with UK self-driving company to advance production-ready end-to-end artificial intelligence for assisted and automated driving

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Mastercard bots target C-suite roles

  Card giant offers SMEs a virtual chief financial officer through artificial intelligence technology, with other C-suite roles to follow

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  UK government reforms could see datacentres jump grid connection queue

  With electricity grid demand ballooning, the UK government plans for consultation and reform to ensure feasible and prioritised projects get the thumbs up

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Oracle cost-cutting points to AI infrastructure gamble

  Over the past few weeks, cracks have started to appear in the tech sector’s growth plans for artificial intelligence

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Zendesk to acquire Forethought in major agentic AI play

  Zendesk is acquiring Forethought to bolster its agentic AI chops with specialised and self-learning AI agents capable of managing complex customer service workflows

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Neurons over silicon: Singapore plans first biological datacentre

  DayOne and Cortical Labs are bringing ‘wetware’ computing to the city-state, using living neurons grown from stem cells to support the demand for AI while addressing sustainability concerns

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI

  Connectivity transformation systems integrator and comms tech giant expand collaboration to accelerate deployment of private 5G and enterprise wireless networks across North America

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Neura Robotics accelerates next-generation physical AI

  Robotics firm inks strategic collaboration with chip giant to advance next-generation robotics and physical AI, and work jointly on reference architectures for full-stack robotics systems

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Microsoft Cowork: One data store for all your M365 assets

  MIcrosoft has revealed the next stage of its plans to place its software at the heart of enterprise data, which is now powered by agentic AI

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  MWC 2026: Render Networks unveils synchronised agentic critical infrastructure

  Critical infrastructure execution and intelligence software provider unveils agentic AI architecture designed for dynamic, scalable execution at infrastructure operators and constructors

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  AI chooses nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated crises

  With artificial intelligence increasingly deployed in analysis and decision-making in armed conflict, research shows AI systems will not naturally default to ‘safe’ outcomes in nuclear crises

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Trump looks to power up post-quantum, AI security

  The US has unveiled a six-pillar national cyber security strategy, with developing technological areas such as post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence front and centre

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Interview: Nick Pearson, CIO, Ricoh Europe

  Working for a company undergoing a major pivot in its business model means variety and opportunity for the supplier’s tech chief

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Harvey Nash docuseries addresses AI skills ‘paradox’

  As part of a series of short documentaries, tech recruitment organisation Harvey Nash discusses the AI skills ‘paradox’, with a number of tech experts shedding light on the potential future of work

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  APT36 unleashes AI-generated ‘vibeware’ to flood targets

  The Pakistani threat group has been using AI to rewrite malicious code across multiple programming languages, prioritising scale over sophistication to evade detection, security researchers have found

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  DBS rewires operating models for AI reasoning era

  The bank expects AI tools to evolve from being a copilot to an autopilot as it undergoes organisational transformation to prepare its workforce for agentic AI

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Lloyds Bank to sell more customer data and cut costs by 35%

  High street giant will increase proportion of total staff that work in technology and data

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  House of Lords urges UK government to protect IP against AI misuse

  Machine-readable indelible watermarking in content supply chain is among proposals that could protect copyrighted content

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Enterprises warming to AI PCs amid growing cloud costs

  While global memory shortages will pose a threat to the broader PC market, AI PCs are gaining momentum across Asia as companies look to cut cloud costs, boost productivity and secure sensitive information

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Huge grid and heat challenges ahead as Nvidia set for 1MW rack

  With Nvidia Feynman in 2028, 1MW datacentre racks will produce as much heat as 200 5kW ovens. Industry and government must respond, says Schneider Electric UK datacentre executive