Replacing graduates with AI will hurt businesses in the long run July 1, 2025 Replacing graduate roles with AI does not build a smarter business, it builds a shallow one, writes Paul Armstrong.
Meta’s billion-dollar AI talent hunt sparks broader jobs reckoning June 30, 2025 Meta is offering some of the most lucrative recruitment packages in tech history, as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg leads an aggressive hiring push to reposition the firm as a leader in generative artificial intelligence (AI). The member of the so-called magnificent seven has offered signing bonuses of up to $100 (£79m) to lure top talent [...]
ChatGPT wipes out entry level jobs June 30, 2025 Vacancies for graduate roles, apprenticeships, internships, and junior positions have decreased by more than 30 per cent since ChatGPT emerged at the end of 2022. The research by Adzuna follows a warning last month from the Chief Executive of artificial intelligence heavyweight Anthropic, Dario Amodei, who said that AI could eliminate up to 50 per cent of [...]
AI system to analyse NHS databases and identify scandals June 30, 2025 The UK will be the first country in the world to use an AI system to analyse hospital databases and catch potential safety scandals early, the government has announced. The technology can identify patterns of abuse, serious injuries, deaths or other incidents that can slip through the net. When concerns are raised, the Care Quality [...]
Getty Images drops ‘key argument’ in its live trial against Stability AI June 26, 2025 Two weeks into the closely watched trial, Getty Images has dropped its claims for primary copyright infringement against the British AI image generator company
Have we crossed the AI event horizon? June 26, 2025 Despite Sam Altman’s claims that we’ve crossed the AI “event horizon,” the reality is that today’s models remain far behind human intelligence in scale, flexibility, efficiency and learning, says Lewis Liu Sam Altman is currently peddling the “gentle singularity“, claiming we are already “past the event horizon” for AI – at the point where the [...]
James Reed: UK jobs market is among worst I’ve ever seen June 25, 2025 After 35 consecutive months of decline, the UK jobs market is unlike anything in the past few decades, writes James Reed.
Cannes Lions: Ad agencies are subsidising their own AI displacement June 24, 2025 It may have been all smiles at Cannes, but behind closed doors the future of AI poses a huge threat to ad agencies, writes Paul Armstrong.
HSBC’s return-to-office plans risk boss’ cost-cutting ambitions June 23, 2025 HSBC’s cost-cutting agenda is set to face a major disruption as the lender faces a shortfall of desks in its office move. The banking juggernaut has been reported to be mulling a return-to-office mandate that would force employees back into the office for at least three days a week. This comes as the bank is [...]
Creative industries in line for £380m government injection June 21, 2025 Britain’s film, music and video game industries are set to receive millions of pounds of investment as the Government seeks to ensure the UK’s place as a creative superpower. The investment, announced by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, will see £380 million spent on a range of projects intended to double private investment in the creative [...]