Salesforce offers free AI tools to UK students as graduate job market lags Tech As UK graduate vacancies hit their lowest level since 2020, Salesforce is offering free AI tools to six million students to help them meet employers’ growing demand for artificial intelligence skills. The US tech giant announced the scheme on Thursday, giving universities and colleges access to its workplace platform Slack and AI tools to help [...]
Khan climbdown: Palantir settles £50m Met row after fears of ‘unlawful’ bias Tech Palantir has settled its High Court battle with Sadiq Khan’s policing office over a blocked £50m Metropolitan Police contract, following concerns that the decision had been unlawfully influenced by the US tech giant’s values and ethics. City AM understands the company pursued legal action not only to challenge the decision, but also to make sure [...]
AI firms taking ‘catastrophically high’ risks, ex-OpenAI researcher warns MPs AI The world’s biggest AI companies are taking “catastrophically high” risks in their race to develop superintelligent systems, a former OpenAI researcher has warned MPs, as Parliament examines whether tech giants can be trusted to regulate themselves. Daniel Kokotajlo, who quit the ChatGPT maker over safety concerns, told the Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) Committee [...]
Meta challenges Ofcom in court for ‘acting irrationally’ in fine and fee pricing October 13, 2026 Meta has challenged the UK regulator in court over how it calculates fees and fines under the UK’s online safety law, as it argued the methods are disproportionate and unlawful. The tech giant has questioned the media regulator, Ofcom, over its definition of ‘qualifying worldwide revenue’, which it uses to calculate financial penalties and fees [...]
Amazon job cuts hit hundreds as tech giant denies AI link October 8, 2026 Amazon’s latest round of job cuts will affect hundreds of employees worldwide, City AM understands, as the tech giant continues to restructure its business following nearly 30,000 redundancies. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it was reducing headcount across its Stores division, which oversees its core online retail operations, with employees in the UK, US [...]
NHS may not be able to replace Palantir before £330m deal deadline October 5, 2026 The NHS may not be able to replace Palantir before a crunch deadline on its £330m data contract, raising the stakes for ministers as pressure mounts to cut ties with the US tech giant. The warning comes as ministers weigh Palantir’s future and campaigners ramp up pressure to ditch the company, with more than 44,000 [...]
OpenAI safety chief quits with warning on ‘broken’ culture October 5, 2026 A senior OpenAI safety figure has become the latest AI insider to sound the alarm over the technology, quitting the ChatGPT maker over what he called its “broken” culture. David Robinson, who spent three-and-a-half years at OpenAI and led safety reports for 12 major model launches, said AI companies were not “being nearly careful enough”, [...]
‘Resilience or reliance’ – Tech chiefs urge Burnham to spend £20bn on ‘sovereign AI’ September 28, 2026 British tech bosses have called on the government to commit more than £20bn to sovereign AI infrastructure, warning the UK risks becoming dependent on foreign technology in one of the most important industries of the coming decades. Senior figures from BT, Telefónica Tech, Leonardo, HPE, Kainos and Sopra Steria are among the signatories to an [...]
Palantir policing pullback driven by funding as eastern pilot pushes on September 23, 2026 Palantir’s loss of a five-force policing pilot was driven by a combination of funding pressures and an assessment of the project, City AM understands. While the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) will end its two-year trial of Palantir’s Foundry software this month, the US tech firm’s work with a separate consortium of forces in [...]
Nscale vows stay in UK despite £35bn US stock market listing September 22, 2026 Nscale has vowed to keep Britain at the heart of its global expansion despite choosing New York over London for its blockbuster float, as the AI infrastructure firm looks to turn its UK base into an export hub for computing power. The Nvidia-backed firm believes jobs and expertise built in Britain can serve customers around [...]