Letters: The robots won’t wait September 7, 2022 [Re: Artificial Intelligence: UK’s Supreme Court to rule on letting robots patent inventions, Sept 4] The permission to appeal to the Supreme Court to reconsider the case of whether artificial intelligence (AI) entities should be allowed to be named as inventors on UK patent applications is a clear indication of the public importance of this [...]
Artificial Intelligence: UK’s Supreme Court to rule on letting robots patent inventions September 4, 2022 The UK’s highest court is set to decide whether artificial intelligence (AI) robots should be allowed to patent their own inventions. Britain’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a computer scientist’s bid to list his AI machine as the sole inventor of two separate products, in an application to the UK’s patent office. The Supreme [...]
NFTs and sport: How to avoid being left holding the (boot) bag August 23, 2022 Rafi Azim-Khan - Head of Data Privacy and Marketing Law at Pillsbury - delves into the murky yet interesting world of NFTs and sport.
Invesco launches metaverse fund to tap into ‘£1.4tn opportunity’ August 22, 2022 Investment management firm Invesco has launched a new fund dedicated to metaverse-related equities today as it looks to tap into a “£1.4tn boost to the economy”, the firm said.
Artificial intelligence is the new frontier of ethical tests August 22, 2022 WITHOUT a doubt, there is vast potential for advancement and benefit to society arising out of the application of artificial intelligence. Around half of businesses plan to use AI or advanced machine learning in some capacity in the next three years. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said self-driving cars could be on our roads as [...]
How the metaverse will change the world July 22, 2022 Crypto AM's Jonny Fry examines the metaverse and how he believes it will revolutionise virtually all aspects of human endeavour.
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? July 21, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Knight Frank Property consultancy Knight Frank has named its new head of farms a real estate, after Clive Hopkins retired after more than three decades with the firm. Will ‘Stan’ Matthews will oversee day-to-day management of [...]
Darktrace hikes profit margin forecast on bumper customer growth July 19, 2022 Cybersecurity giant Darktrace hiked its full-year profit margin forecast to 19.5 per cent today as it said it expected a surge in revenues to $417m for the year to June.
What a new world order might mean for the global economy July 18, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has opened fault lines between nations which will affect trade relations and investment for years to come. The war in Ukraine is already having a significant effect on inflation and activity in the world economy as commodity prices have soared and supply chains have been disrupted. Inflation in the G7 was [...]
From translations to chatbots: The future has arrived as UK firms rush to implement artificial intelligence July 17, 2022 It seems the future is knocking as more and more UK businesses are actively looking to implement artificial intelligence, with solutions such as speech recognition, machine translations, chatbots and sentiment analysis being the key drivers. Many businesses are opting to take a low- or no-code approach to implementing artificial intelligence solutions into their operations, according [...]