Is AI turning recruitment into the new online dating? March 28, 2024 As businesses and job seekers alike outsource applications to AI, are we seeing the ‘Tinderfication’ of our careers? Asks Eliza Filby You crack jokes, you make small talk, and as much as it even crosses your mind you assume you are being interviewed by an actual person. But then it dawns on you, your interviewer [...]
London tech startup Oriole bags £10m seed funding for rapid AI training March 27, 2024 London tech startup Oriole Networks has secured £10m in a seed round to support its mission to speed up the training of AI models.
AI could add £144bn to GDP over next five years but millions of jobs at risk, think tank says March 27, 2024 "History show that technological transition can be a boon if well managed, or can end in disruption if left to unfold without controls," Carsten Jung, senior economist at IPPR, said.
Industrial sector beats out AI for top venture capital target March 26, 2024 Industrials received the most venture capital funding of any sector since the start of the year, according to the latest data. Globally, industrial companies have raised $15.2bn (£12bn), 30 per cent more than AI startups and twice as much as healthcare companies. Data from Altindex revealed that since the beginning of the year, AI companies [...]
Softcat set to benefit from increasing demand for AI, data management and cybersecurity March 26, 2024 Softcat said the outlook for growth in the UK IT market was highly encouraging
UK venture capital investment slumps to lowest levels since Brexit vote despite DAZN and Castore deals March 25, 2024 The amount of venture capitalist investment in the UK slumped by 45 per cent in 2023, according to new data.
Radical SR10 XXR review: British-built track car is ready to race March 25, 2024 Tim Pitt straps in for a world exclusive first drive of the Radical SR10 XXR: a British-built track car that is ready to race
Meet the fund managers: Investing in the American dream March 25, 2024 In this new weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from Gary Robinson, fund manager of Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust
How to fire up the economy? Stop messing with peashooters and bring out the big guns March 24, 2024 Boosting the economy is the only way to sustainably raise living standards for all, so let's stop messing around with small-fry policies, writes Matthew Fell.
How to invest intelligently in the age of AI March 23, 2024 AI investment could reach $200bn globally by 2025, but how do you sort the unicorns from the donkeys? Rosanne Kincaid-Smith explains AI is dominating the rhetoric of investors, business executives, and the media – everyone wants to use, invest in, or acquire this technology. AI startups attracted one out of every three dollars invested in the US [...]