The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
UK Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Granicus launches CMS for UK councils to aid residents
Councils under pressure to simplify online services may gain a single digital front door as Granicus ties content, transactions and engagement together.
Livingston James appoints Steven Davis as director
Leadership change at the Scottish recruiter comes as it warns Scotland must do more to attract and retain senior talent.
TCS opens AI creative engineering studio in London
Clients will be able to co-design AI customer experiences in London as TCS expands its UK presence and targets 5,000 regional hires.
Diamond Logistics adds AI dashboards to Despatchlab
Logistics customers will be able to query stock and delivery data in plain English as Diamond tests a new AI agent for Despatchlab.
UK AI Council opens membership to build AI competence
Businesses, universities and public bodies seeking practical AI guidance can now join a new UK membership group with free entry routes.
HousingAI appoints sales head & researcher to grow
Trust in AI tools for social housing is becoming a bigger selling point as HousingAI adds commercial and research expertise.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
TCS opens AI creative engineering studio in London
Extreme launches Agent ONE Coworker for network teams
AI drives enterprise storage demand as data piles up
Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage
Ataccama names Systemation Benelux distributor for AI push
Featured News
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Estima CEO: Generative AI reshapes pharmaceutical value proof
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Human jobs are safe - but AI influence on healthcare growing
AI is helping hospitals cut scan times, clear backlogs and spot disease earlier, while doctors still keep final say over treatment.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Exclusive: Dreamdata CEO on why B2B buying funnel isn't linear
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
The new workforce: AI agents to work in concert with humans
AI agents are set to reshape hiring and team structures, pushing firms towards global talent pools and outcome-based work.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Reviews
Expert Columns
Agentic marketing and the intelligence ownership problem
Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM
When IT fails in manufacturing, the whole supply chain pays
AI closes vulnerability window as zero-day exploits surge
The unseen strength: How women's AI caution is shaping enterprise security
Safeguarding, not victim-blaming: why fraud prevention needs a fundamental mindset shift
Unlocking potential: How expanding leadership pathways for women strengthens cybersecurity
The AI metric that matters isn't token cost
The hidden cost of technical debt in the race to modernise Java applications
The future of autonomous security
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Armstrong Bell marks 25 years with AI & cybersecurity
Growth now rests on managed IT and cyber defence as the Bromsgrove firm serves more than 400 organisations and builds AI voice agents.
Grundfos urges data centres to cut cooling energy use
Cooling already accounts for up to 40 per cent of data centre energy use, as AI-driven growth strains UK power and water supplies.
Data centre STEM ambassadors to enter UK classrooms
It aims to ease skills shortages by giving pupils aged eight to 16 direct contact with data centre workers in classrooms.
Law firms urged to codify judgement as AI spreads
AI adoption could turn legal advice into a commodity unless firms capture and refresh their own standards, Avvoka has warned.
Pleo launches AI finance tools amid approval delays
Slow approvals are costing UK businesses hundreds of thousands of pounds a year as finance teams turn to AI to cut admin.
UK tech & telecoms small firms step up growth plans
UK tech and telecoms small firms are outpacing the wider SME market, with most already using AI and planning fresh expansion.
Payfit unveils new brand identity amid broader HR push
The refresh reflects a shift towards payroll and HR services, as the group seeks to win employers needing both software and specialist support.
Emerge Digital names new executive team for growth
Turnover jumped 40% to GBP £4.5 million as the Gloucestershire provider expanded headcount and supported users over the past year.
NTT Data rolls out AI ops platform for Daimler Truck
The rollout aims to cut outages and speed fault response across Daimler Truck's global factories, offices and cloud systems.
UK small firms' AI use more than doubles in a year
Security fears and a skills gap are holding back UK small firms, even as nearly half now use AI and more plan to adopt it.
UK firms exposed to foreign supply chains, Capgemini finds
Only 36% of UK organisations hit by disruption have contingency plans, as Capgemini warns supply-chain exposure is leaving firms vulnerable.
Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre
The upgrade aims to ease London dependence for Midlands firms needing low-latency AI capacity, security and resilience.
CyberFest expands across North East with secure AI focus
A month-long festival will put secure AI, cyber resilience and regional investment opportunities in the spotlight as North East firms seek national partners.
UK shoppers distrust AI recommendations, ThoughtSpot finds
Privacy worries are undermining retailers' AI push, with only one in 10 UK shoppers saying they trust product recommendations, a survey found.
Logicalis boosts emissions cuts & green targets
Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 34% from Logicalis's FY22 baseline, while renewable electricity use rose and supplier climate pledges advanced.
RAICo tests digital twin robot system for nuclear work
Reducing specialist training demands could let more decommissioning staff use robots safely in hazardous nuclear sites, RAICo says.
UK shoppers cap AI spending at GBP £150 per purchase
Most UK consumers will let AI shop around, but few trust it to pay without approval, with the average limit set at GBP £149.12.
Vertiv to buy UtilityInnovation Group for USD $1.45bn
The deal could help data centre builders secure power faster as grid delays and AI demand push more projects towards onsite generation.
WealthAi launches AI platform for smaller advisers
Smaller advice firms could cut routine client administration by as much as 60% after adopting the new platform, which sits on existing systems.
British Business Bank backs Zinc Science-for-Impact Fund
Up to GBP £46 million in public backing should help Zinc reach a GBP £70 million close and fund 80 UK deep tech start-ups.
Job Moves
Livingston James appoints Steven Davis as director
HousingAI appoints sales head & researcher to grow
Emerge Digital names new executive team for growth
Centeca appoints first Head of AI Strategy & Enablement
Ctrl AI hires Jennifer Ryans as Strategic Partnerships Chief
ZYMIX appoints ex-Alibaba Executive Ahead of UK launch
Jen Modi joins Barrier Networks as Regional Sales Director
HackerOne names Naveen Bhateja as Chief People Officer
Freeths appoints John Jones as Chief Technology Officer
