2025 was set to be the year of AI agents. It was not. January 6, 2026 At the end of 2024, just over a year ago today, tech behemoth and OpenAI boss Sam Altman predicted that AI agents would completely upturn the workplace before year end. AI agents are software programmes which break down any given task into smaller, more manageable steps, allowing them to devise and execute them with little [...]
I’m an AI expert, so how did I get gaslit by ChatGPT? January 6, 2026 If Lewis Liu, AI founder and safety expert, was left questioning himself then we’re all at risk of losing our sense of reality and the diversity of thought to convincing, lowest-common-denominator Generative AI output Last month on Jimmy Fallon’s show, Sam Altman said he asks ChatGPT about every minor detail for raising his baby: “I [...]
Interpath and beyond: The surge of private equity investment in professional services January 5, 2026 It was revealed this morning that Big Four giant KPMG’s former restructuring division, Interpath Advisory, was in exclusive negotiations with Bridgepoint to acquire a majority stake in its business, the latest in a string of private equity deals in the professional services sector. KPMG sold the arm to private equity group HIG Capital in 2021 for £400m. [...]
WP Engine Appoints Google Veteran Thierry Muller as Vice President of AI Products January 5, 2026 Accomplished leader brings extensive technical acumen, artificial intelligence experience and a strong track record of driving innovation
TII Launches Falcon Reasoning: Best 7B AI Model Globally, Also Outperforms Larger Models January 5, 2026 Falcon H1R 7B Packs Advanced Reasoning into a Compact 7 Billion Parameter Model Optimized for Speed and Efficiency TII’s Latest AI Model Outperforms Larger Rivals from Microsoft, Alibaba, and NVIDIA on Key Benchmarks
HELUS Pharma Propels Therapeutic Innovation in Mental Health and Commences Trading on Nasdaq January 5, 2026 Helus Pharma builds on the strong foundation originally created as Cybin Inc., reflecting the Company’s ongoing transformation to a commercial stage pharmaceutical company Helus Pharma commences trading on Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) and on Cboe Canada under ticker symbol: HELP Helus Pharma continues to progress its portfolio of novel serotonergic agonists (“NSAs”), with the goal of developing treatments designed to redefine mental health care, including HLP004 for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, with Phase 2 topline data readout expected in Q1 2026 Preparations in progress for the commercialization of HLP003, Helus Pharma’s NSA in Phase 3 clinical development, which has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA for the adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purpose of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated December 30, 2025, to it short form base shelf prospectus dated September 17, 2025, as amended on December 19, 2025.
Lakestreet Capital Partners Demands Change to Benefit All Shareholders of Palace Capital Plc, the FTSE REIT January 5, 2026 Lakestreet Capital Partners AG (“Lakestreet”), the largest shareholder in Palace Capital Plc (“Palace Capital”) with a 22.53% total shareholding* has this weekend requisitioned a general meeting of Palace Capital to remove its Chairman, Steven Owen and to appoint its founders as directors. Lakestreet is deeply troubled by the excessive amount of remuneration that Steven Owen [...]
Ruben Amorim sacked: £20m cost of Manchester United’s failed experiment January 5, 2026 Manchester United have sacked manager Ruben Amorim, concluding a failed experiment which has cost the cash-strapped club around £20m in compensation. Amorim was relieved of his duties on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after publicly issuing a demand for more control of affairs at United in the wake of a 1-1 draw with Leeds [...]
Used car marketplace Motorway takes out £25m loan after losses widen January 5, 2026 Motorway has agreed a fresh £25m loan after the online car marketplace reported widening losses. The London-based tech firm, which hit a valuation of over $1bn in a 2021 funding round, said it secured the loan one day before Christmas Eve, with £15m having already been drawn down by the end of the year. The [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Shell and BP lead index near 10,000 amid oil tensions January 5, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM morning liveblog. The FTSE 100 kicked off the new year on the front foot marking an intraday high of 10,046.25p on Friday in the first trading session of 2026. Whilst it slipped back in later trading, strong performances across blue-chip heavyweights including Rolls-Royce and Fresnillo, led [...]