UK should ban CCTV cameras used by Chinese government, campaigners say February 9, 2022 Local authorities across the UK are using the same CCTV cameras the Chinese government uses in Uyghur internment camps, the Free Tibet campaign has said, after calling on the government to ban use of the cameras in Britain. At least 275 local councils have bought CCTV cameras from Chinese state-owned company Hikvision, despite claims the [...]
How natural language processing helps investors January 11, 2022 | City Talk Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) – for several years, we’ve heard how these technologies will transform investment management. Firms have invested untold capital in research in hopes of converting these trends into added revenue. Yet for many of us, these technologies and what they can bring to the investment [...]
London’s Signal AI raises $50m to hire UK talent and ramp up international expansion December 15, 2021 Signal AI, a British startup that is trying to solve the “information overload” faced by business decision makers with its artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, has today closed a $50m Series D funding round. Its latest round was led by growth-stage investors Highland Europe, who have previously backed ContentSquare and Matches Fashion, and brings [...]
Israeli AI firm Windward to list on London AIM with £126m market cap December 1, 2021 Maritime technology firm Windward has announced today its intention to IPO on AIM on 6 December with a market cap of £126.5m.
Greece’s Ancient Olympia to be digitally preserved by Microsoft November 11, 2021 Ancient Olympia to be digitally preserved in a new deal between the Greek government and Microsoft.
Ocado turns to robots for delivery of groceries to Londoners amid shortage of workers October 26, 2021 Built by UK online supermarket pioneer Ocado, the washing-machine sized bots have caught the eye of international retailers battling a shortage of workers and rising wage demands. Watch the full report.
Why business leaders need a growth mindset to positively influence the workplace of the future September 15, 2021 | City Talk Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon examines the need for leaders to understand advances in technology to positively influence the way we work. To many, technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced robotics, may seem to exist in isolation within the computer labs of huge tech companies. They are something that experts are tinkering with, but don’t [...]
SoftBank-backed AI startup Peak raises $75m in second funding round in six months August 31, 2021 Manchester-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider Peak will expand into new global markets after raising $75m in its latest funding round, led by SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund Two. Peak AI, which sells its “decision intelligence” enterprise software platform to non-tech companies to help with their operations, plans to use the latest raise to double its workforce [...]
AI startup Onfido considers listing in New York instead of London June 27, 2021 The British digital identity startup is reportedly considering a stateside IPO over a London listing, due to rapid business growth in North America. London-headquartered Onfido has begun swapping British accounting standards for American, in preparation for a “potential US IPO in the near future”, The Telegraph first reported. The AI startup, which helps firms like Microsoft, [...]
T-Shaped Teams and the Three Stages of AI Adoption June 22, 2021 | City Talk AI and data science will probably bring about the most significant changes to the financial services industry that the industry has witnessed in its short history. Yet, today, many financial institutions are still struggling to find their way to start the AI journey1. We propose a concept called T-shaped teams (See Exhibit 1) as the [...]