Nscale bags $1.4bn loan as AI infrastructure shifts to private credit February 13, 2026 London-based AI cloud provider Nscale has secured a $1.4bn (£1.03bn) delayed draw term loan backed by GPUs, in one of the largest private credit deals yet tied directly to AI hardware deployments in Europe. The facility was led by funds managed by Pimco, Blue Owl and LuminArx Capital Management, with support from additional asset managers [...]
The markets are getting it wrong on AI risk February 13, 2026 Concerns that AI will make entire sectors obsolete are overblown. These are not companies encountering AI for the first time, yet markets appear to be pricing them as if adaptation is impossible, says Michael Clark The repeated sell-offs triggered by new AI product launches suggest markets are struggling to distinguish between headlines and reality. Each [...]
Fashion bosses back AI as their staff fear for their jobs February 12, 2026 Scroll through LinkedIn and you will see fashion bosses talking up AI as the next industry growth lever. But turn to their teams, and the picture becomes less rosy. A Vogue Business survey of over 300 fashion professionals found 43 per cent feel ‘positive’ or ‘very positive’ about AI’s future impact on their careers. Thirty [...]
Warnings on AI from the Industrial Revolution February 11, 2026 The mechanisation of weaving in the 19th century didn’t just affect jobs, it led to years of political unrest culminating in the Peterloo Massacre. Leaders had better be ready for what’s coming with AI, says Paul Ormerod Last week the US AI company Anthropic released a tool which it says can automate legal work such [...]
Anthropic’s new AI legal tool wipes billions off European data stocks February 3, 2026 Shares in Europe’s biggest data, publishing and legal software groups slumped after AI giant Anthropic unveiled a new tool aimed directly at in-house lawyers. The move rattled investors who had long viewed the sector as an AI winner. In London, Relx fell close to 11 per cent, while Pearson dropped around four per cent. London [...]
AI just created its own religion. Should we be worried about Moltbook? February 2, 2026 Moltbook, a social media platform for AI agents, is making quite the impression. Should humans be worried, asks Lewis Liu.
I tried to create ChatGPT in 1999 – this is what failure taught me January 29, 2026 Fred Plais created a natural language search engine in the early days of the internet. Here’s what the AI founders of today can learn from his mistakes How did you feel when ChatGPT was released in 2022? Amazed by the advances of technology? Intrigued by the possibilities it created? Maybe worried about what AI could [...]
Just Eat wants you to stop scrolling and start talking January 27, 2026 Just Eat Takeaway has launched an AI voice assistant in its UK app, allowing customers to place orders by speaking rather than navigating menus. The feature is integrated into Just Eat’s existing in-app chat function and lets users describe what they want in natural language. The assistant then recommends restaurants, dishes and products across food, grocery [...]
Gen Z office worker confidence crisis leads to uptick in AI use January 22, 2026 Britain’s youngest office workers are increasingly turning to AI to complete everyday tasks despite fears the technology could soon wipe out their roles. Gen Z reported feeling intense pressure to come across as more qualified than they feel upon entering the workforce, leading many to exaggerate on their CV, while over 65 per cent turn [...]
George Osborne: I got gig with Sam Altman by cold-calling OpenAI January 21, 2026 For most people, the hunt for a plum job is a torturous process involving cover letters, CVs and several rounds of interviews. But if you’re a former chancellor of the exchequer it seems all you need to do, is cold-call human resources and you can land a top role at one of the world’s fastest-growing [...]