Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics
Read about the latest trends and technologies in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, machine learning and robotics. Learn what AI and automation mean for enterprise IT strategies and how organisations are using AI for business benefit
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News
20 Jun 2025
Election workers’ data stolen in cyber breach of Oxford City Council
Oxford City Council election workers had personal information stolen by cyber attackers in an attack over the weekend of 7-8 June. The council has stated that most disrupted systems are back online Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2025
UK data reforms become law
UK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy Continue Reading
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News
16 Apr 2025
Security leaders grapple with AI-driven threats
Experts warn of AI’s dual role in both empowering and challenging cyber defences, and called for intelligence sharing and the need to strike a balance between AI-driven innovation and existing security practices Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2025
Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offerings
The Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure Continue Reading
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E-Zine
15 Apr 2025
How will Trump’s tariffs hit tech?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the potential impact of additional US tariffs on the global tech supply chain – and what it means for IT budgets. We look at the key considerations for IT leaders looking to move off VMware as a result of its licensing changes. And we speak to the man in charge of reviewing the controversial loan charge tax policy that affects thousands of IT contractors. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2025
Nokia networking backbone firms up ResetData AI factory
Deployment of networking backbone to support immediate roll-out of Australia’s first sovereign and sustainable liquid immersion-cooled data centres looks to gain 75% reduction in energy consumption over previous generations Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2025
BT stretches Fabric further through Google Cloud partnership
UK’s leading telco announces step forward in partnership with IT giant, deepening collaboration to offer customers cloud WAN routes via its Global Fabric network platform Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Apr 2025
The role of small language models in enterprise AI
Small language models do not require vast amounts of expensive computational resources and can be trained on business data Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Apr 2025
How AI agents will reshape telecoms
For telecoms operators, embracing autonomous AI agents isn't optional – it’s the only way to survive in a hyper-competitive landscape, but challenges lie ahead Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2025
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast forces migrants into increasingly dangerous routes and contributes to their criminalisation Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2025
Google Cloud, Juniper Networks accelerate enterprise campus deployment
AI-native networking platform to use Google’s Cloud WAN service to help accelerate new branch deployments, and offer simplified branch operations with security and agility Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2025
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain
At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
Ericsson unveils AI-led enterprise wireless-first branch architecture
Global comms tech provider launches wireless-first branch architecture to deliver secure, reliable and scalable connectivity to support higher-bandwidth, business-critical AI-based operations across multiple industries Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
Google offers open protocol for AI agent connectivity
The idea of having AI agents coordinate activities to achieve a task requires a standard protocol for sharing queries, answers and admin tasks Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform
Banking group is cutting its emissions and accelerating the development of AI platforms by moving work onto Google Cloud Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
NetSuite bets big on built-in AI
At its customer event in Sydney, Oracle NetSuite unveiled a suite of AI-powered features integrated directly into its platform at no extra cost in a bid to make AI more accessible to customers Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2025
Microsoft’s April 2025 bumper Patch Tuesday corrects 124 bugs
Microsoft is correcting 124 vulnerabilities in its March Patch Tuesday, one of which is being actively exploited in the wild, and 11 of which are ‘critical’ Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Apr 2025
DeepSeek will help evolve the conversation around privacy
The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by nation state industrial espionage? Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2025
IBM boosts AI mainframe capabilities with Z17
IBM continues to try to break out of the mindset that mainframes are just for transaction processing. The latest server offers greater AI capabilities Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2025
Global law firm Freshfields embarks on AI-led digital transformation with Google Cloud
Freshfields has enlisted the help of Google Cloud and its artificial intelligence portfolio to help streamline its processes, as its global chief innovation officer sets about empowering staff to confidently use AI in their everyday work Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2025
Government punts cyber governance code of practice for UK businesses
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s cyber security minister Feryal Clark announces a cyber security code of governance for UK businesses to follow Continue Reading
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E-Zine
08 Apr 2025
Innovating for the arts at Royal Ballet and Opera
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how virtual reality and other tech innovations are helping Royal Ballet and Opera to stage world-class performances. After a spate of banking IT outages, we examine why further bank crashes are inevitable. And our new buyer’s guide looks at how to get started with small language models for AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2025
KubeCon London: Prepare for a shake-up
Developer overload, inadequate fault tolerance and regional fractionalisation are among the issues the Linux Foundation needs to address Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2025
India’s tech talent adapts to AI era
IT professionals in India need to unlearn old skills and embrace artificial intelligence, automation and specialised domains as the country cements its position as a global tech hub Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Apr 2025
Why SLMs could be a big deal for businesses looking for an edge
Sky-high infrastructure demands, rising operational expenses and data privacy concerns have left CIOs questioning whether bigger is always better when it comes to AI languages Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2025
UN warns of economic productivity crash due to AI job losses
Artificial intelligence can improve productivity, but a report from the United Nations warns of potential job losses disrupting economies Continue Reading
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News
03 Apr 2025
Oxa and Applied EV drive for first in industrial mobility automation
Partnership empowers businesses to tackle industry challenges through the deployment of safe, secure and efficient autonomous fleets Continue Reading
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News
03 Apr 2025
Danish supercomputer to drive innovation
Supercomputer project will add a competitive edge to drive innovation and growth among Denmark’s enterprises and research organisations Continue Reading
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News
03 Apr 2025
Are LLM firewalls the future of AI security?
As large language models permeate industries, experts at Black Hat Asia 2025 debate the need for LLM firewalls and explore their role in fending off emerging AI threats Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2025
UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2025
Keysight introduces AI network architecture validation, optimisation tool
Tool designed to validate the network performance of AI workloads and system infrastructure by adjusting and optimising parameters Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2025
Interview: Tomer Cohen, chief product officer, LinkedIn
The professional social network’s product chief is leading the introduction of artificial intelligence for the firm’s in-house development processes and to enhance services for users Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2025
Nvidia tackles graphics processing unit hogging
People may try to lock up GPU resources even if they don’t need them all day – but not anymore, thanks to Nvidia KAI Scheduler Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Apr 2025
Inside Amazon’s robot-powered warehouse
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at Amazon’s robot-powered Swindon warehouse to see how AI and humans are working together. We examine the state of open source licensing and find out how it’s affecting datacentre operators. And we visit a 130-year-old wine and drinks company to find out how technology has brought operations into the modern age. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Apr 2025
Avoiding AI lock-in
One of the big problems with deploying a software as a service (SaaS) product across an entire organisation is that once it is widely used, swapping it out becomes an extremely costly exercise. In ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2025
How Singapore researchers are using AI to fight Parkinson’s disease
Singapore researchers are using Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold to understand the intricate protein interactions at play in Parkinson's disease, paving the way for potential diagnostics and treatments Continue Reading
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Opinion
28 Mar 2025
Countering nation-state cyber espionage: A CISO field guide
The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by nation state industrial espionage? Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Mar 2025
Understanding RAG architecture and its fundamentals
Now seen as the ideal way to infuse generative AI into a business context, RAG architecture involves the implementation of various technological building blocks and practices - all involve trade-offs Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2025
Government sends data scientists to AI school
Public sector data scientists will learn how to become artificial intelligence (AI) engineers as part of government scheme to upskill civil servants Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2025
UK public expresses strong support for AI regulation
Most of the UK public have experienced an AI-related harm and say they want laws introduced to regulate the technology, according to national survey by the Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing Institutes Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Mar 2025
Unleashing the power of data: redefining UK industrial growth
There’s a barrier stopping the use of AI to boost the economy. Government data that is essential to create game-changing LLMs is not yet AI-ready Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2025
What happened when a tech journalist experimented with AI on a PC?
Google Gemma, Meta Llama, Mistral and DeepSeek can all be downloaded free of charge for use on a personal machine without paying for online services or exposing your data to the cloud. But what are the results? Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2025
Ericsson, SoftBank team to seek out 6G, XR, AI potential
Leading comms tech and service provider forges strategic partnership with telco and IT conglomerate to drive innovation in technologies towards 2030 Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2025
Selangor teams up with Google Cloud on AI
The Teraju AI Selangor initiative will provide state agencies with access to Google Cloud’s AI tools and training to build AI applications in areas such as education and healthcare Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Mar 2025
How to respond to digital regulation in 2025
A wave of UK and EU regulation to promote competition and consumer protection in digital markets and services has been introduced that requires a strategic response from companies in the year ahead Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use AI to catch wealthy tax dodgers
HMRC’s use of artificial intelligence is one of many initiatives outlined in Chancellor’s Spring Statement Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2025
More than 200 Lloyds Bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training
Lloyds Banking Group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of building AI skills among its senior leadership Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2025
4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot
UK tech firms are being invited to join a pilot programme run by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which aims to help prepare them for implementing shorter working weeks Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2025
Military AI caught in tension between speed and control
The use of artificial intelligence in military contexts can unlock a range of benefits for defence organisations, but also highlights a clear tension between speed and control baked into the technology Continue Reading
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Podcast
26 Mar 2025
Gartner on agentic AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Gartner’s Anushree Verma about the route from robotic process automation to agentic AI in corporate IT Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2025
Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation
At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2025
Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use
It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation Continue Reading
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Opinion
24 Mar 2025
Does your organisation need an AI librarian?
An AI librarian ensures data accuracy and integrity, bridging the gap between powerful AI tools and reliable, human-validated knowledge Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2025
Storage players ride the Nvidia bus at GTC 2025
As artificial intelligence’s big beast holds its annual shindig, storage firms line up to launch everything from new array products to validations, certifications and vague ideas around data ecosystems Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2025
Oracle plants agentic AI flag in business process automation
Oracle promotes its Agentic AI Studio, unveiled at OracleCloud World Tour London, as an avowed business process automation accelerant Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2025
APIs key to unlocking AI agent potential, says MuleSoft
Most Asia-Pacific IT leaders have either implemented or intend to deploy agentic AI in the next two years, but success will hinge on the implementation of APIs that AI agents rely on Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2025
How Jetstar is tapping data analytics
Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations Continue Reading
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News
21 Mar 2025
Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates
While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, a deeper analysis of the labour market reveals a more nuanced narrative than the apocalyptic predictions of job losses Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
Oxa taps Nvidia to accelerate industrial mobility automation
Self-driving vehicle software provider announces deepened collaboration with AI processor leader to accelerate plans in IMA sector, through the support of physical AI, generating photoreal virtual world states to enhance its own training tools Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
IDC: global edge computing spending to approach $380bn by 2028
Leading analyst predicts robust spending on edge computing services to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13.8% over next three years, with AI workloads fuelling massive hardware investments, particularly in AI-accelerated processors Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2025
Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal
The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Mar 2025
An agentic AI reality check
No one can deny the tech sector’s level of excitement when something new starts to gain traction. Rather like the car mechanic or builder who urges their customers to buy more expensive components ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2025
Zoom debuts new agentic AI skills and agents for Zoom AI Companion
AI-first work platform provider expands agentic skills across the entire portfolio using reasoning and memory to take action and orchestrate task execution, conversational self-service and custom agent creation Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2025
HPE teams up with Nvidia for enterprise AI solutions
Leading networking tech firm latest to get on board agentic AI road in partnership with GPU leader focusing on customer transformation with new enterprise AI solutions and enhancements encompassing data management and storage. Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2025
DeepMind founder warns of compounding AI agent errors
Artificial general intelligence may be years away, but in the meantime, organisations are being urged to adopt agent technology Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Mar 2025
HPE storage battles hard and smart in challenging market
Storage profile: We look at HPE, which has slipped in the storage supplier rankings, but brings a full range of AI-era storage over a mature cloud and consumption model offer Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
Formula 1 accelerates decision response with team content delivery
AI services and digital transformation specialist claims to have halved crucial response times in Formula 1, redefining how teams analyse race data in real time Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
Cisco unveils Webex agentic AI systems to automate CX, EX
Mission to transform contact centres into customer experience centres sees systems for core collaboration platform designed to predict and automate customer and employee experiences Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
Interconnect infrastructure set for sixfold increase in bandwidth demand
Global survey explores networking needs for artificial intelligence era as more than half of IT professional believe AI workloads will place the biggest demand on datacentre interconnect infrastructure over the next three years Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
AI pushes data storage need but UK firms struggle to manage it
The rise of AI means potentially almost any corporate data could be useful, but has led to ballooning data volumes and organisations spending more on storage and energy Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 Mar 2025
UK under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack
In this week’s Computer Weekly, MPs have been told the UK is under-prepared to cope with a catastrophic cyber attack – we find out where the problems lie. Our new buyer’s guide assesses the challenges of datacentre capacity planning. And one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, Sir Martin Sorrell, gives his view on the risks and opportunities of AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
Seaco charts course for unified security strategy
Shipping container leasing giant consolidates security tools onto a single platform, leveraging AI and extended detection and response to improve security operations Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Mar 2025
Data protection and AI: what to know about new UK cyber standard
A strategic governmental steer on AI, putting guidance above rigid legislation offers the adaptability needed to innovate responsibly, contends Kiteworks executive John Lynch Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Mar 2025
Space and power constrain datacentre planning
The government needs to tackle the resource issues that act as roadblocks to building out UK datacentre capacity Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2025
How Oracle is using AI to combat financial crime
The tech giant is leveraging artificial intelligence to surface fraudulent financial transactions and improve the efficiency of financial crime investigations, offering relief to banks battling high costs and alert fatigue Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2025
AI Action Summit review: Differing views cast doubt on AI’s ability to benefit whole of society
Governments, companies and civil society groups gathered at the third global AI summit to discuss how the technology can work for the benefit of everyone in society, but experts say competing imperatives mean there is no guarantee these visions will win out Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2025
Will Whitehall withstand Starmer’s AI revolution?
As the prime minister sets out plans for the use of artificial intelligence to take over civil service tasks, Computer Weekly looks at potential challenges and concerns around the decision Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Mar 2025
How CISOs can counter the threat of nation state espionage
The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by nation state industrial espionage? Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2025
Qualcomm and Palantir extend AI to the edge for industrial IoT
Qualcomm Technologies teams with Palantir to run artificial intelligence capabilities on advanced edge computing platforms enabling real-time insights and data-driven decisions in industrial use cases Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2025
Starmer to send AI tech teams into government departments
In his plans to reform the state, the prime minister is pushing for artificial intelligence to take on tasks for civil servants and calling time on NHS England Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2025
Driving licence data could be used for police facial recognition
The government’s Crime and Policing Bill could allow police to access the UK driving licence database for use in facial recognition watchlists, but the Home Office denies biometric data would be repurposed in this way Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2025
WBBA: AI, Net5.5G pivotal to achieving next-generation broadband networks
Whitepaper from broadband trade association WBBA outlines uses of AI during the pre-deployment phases of broadband networks and how this can assist in network planning and expansion decisions Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2025
Salesforce execs at TDX 25: Agentforce a whole system AI play
Salesforce executives present its Agentforce agentic AI technology as a ‘whole system’ approach not hung up on large language models. They say it is a ‘holy trinity’ of data, apps and agents Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 Mar 2025
Our data, our decisions, our AI future: why we need an AI Regulation Bill
The Labour government has failed to introduce measures to regulate AI - so a Lords' private members bill aims to do just that Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2025
Singapore Airlines to roll out Salesforce Agentforce
Singapore’s flagship carrier is deploying Salesforce’s Agentforce AI agent platform to improve customer interactions and personalise experiences Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2025
UK government under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack, hears PAC
The Commons Public Accounts Committee heard government IT leaders respond to recent National Audit Office findings that the government’s cyber resilience is under par Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2025
Government to create pathfinder programme for digital spend
Changes to government digital spending will include staged funding with regular review and a pathfinder programme to test new funding models suitable for digital projects Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2025
Pure aims at AI beyond the enterprise with FlashBlade//Exa
FlashBlade//Exa targets use cases between the enterprise and hyperscalers with a disaggregated architecture and its DFM flash modules to be available separately for the first time Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2025
Singapore IT leaders boost AI security defences
Study reveals a surge in perceived importance of artificial intelligence for cyber security in Singapore, but declining investment in traditional measures raises concerns as sophisticated cyber attacks intensify Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 Mar 2025
Digitally mapping the world
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how digital twins are mapping our planet to guide strategic decisions such as environmental policies. Liverpool City Council explains how a digital overhaul will transform customer experience. And we find out what it takes to become a cyber security entrepreneur. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2025
Peter Kyle sets stage for making tech work
During his speech at the Tech Policy conference, Kyle announced a number of initiatives to support AI and other new technologies Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Mar 2025
2024: the year misconfigurations exposed digital vulnerabilities
Small configuration errors cascaded into major outages during 2024. Mike Hicks, from Cisco ThousandEyes, propounds techniques to defend digital resilience against tales of the unexpected Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2025
Goverment overhauls AI funding to drive agility
A startup mindset is at the heart of a Labour’s approach to how it wants to speed up AI innovation in the public sector Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2025
David Willetts to chair Regulatory Innovation Office
The former science minister will lead the Regulatory Innovation Office, which aims to remove barriers and outdated regulations to speed up the road to market for innovative products and services Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2025
Latest Alibaba AI model demos AI improvements
The latest model from Chinese public cloud provider Alibaba shows how reinforced learning is driving AI efficiency Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2025
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison claims AI-RAN first for Southeast Asia
Collaboration between operator, tech provider and artificial intelligence leader looks to accelerate innovation and commercialisation across the globe with AI in radio access network Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Mar 2025
Behind the scenes at Amazon UK’s robotic-powered warehouse
Robots, automation, artificial intelligence and people power – Computer Weekly tours the tech-heavy Amazon warehouse in Swindon Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2025
Extreme Networks scores next-gen Wi-Fi deal with United Soccer League
AI-powered networking automation firm gets result in emerging football league for enhanced wireless connectivity and network insights to elevate fan experiences and streamline league operations Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2025
Managing security in the AI age
Gartner experts offer guidance on harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its risks, from managing shadow AI to implementing security controls and policies Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2025
Going beyond search: Elastic’s observability and security play
Elastic’s chief product officer Ken Exner talks up the company’s expansion into observability and security and how it balances innovation with community contributions and monetisation Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2025
TDX 2025: Salesforce vaunts Agentforce 2dx as evolved agentic AI platform
Salesforce unveils Agentforce 2DX as further development of its autonomously agentic AI platform at its developer conference in San Francisco Continue Reading