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Daily AI Briefing: Insight & Analysis

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Regulation & Policy

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has unveiled a wide-ranging AI and biometrics strategy aimed at promoting responsible innovation while protecting individual data rights. Announced on 5 June 2025, the strategy focuses on technologies wh...

Three-quarters of UK financial services firms now use artificial intelligence, up from 58 per cent two years ago, according to a policy paper from Innovate Finance, the industry body for UK fintech. The sharp rise highlights AI’s growing influence in a...

In a major step towards responsible innovation, the United Kingdom and Singapore have announced a landmark partnership to shape the future of artificial intelligence in finance. The alliance builds on long-standing financial cooperation between the two...

Skills, Trust & Consumer Adoption

Meta and the UK Government have announced a joint initiative to advance artificial intelligence in the public sector, launching a £1 million Open Source AI Fellowship in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute. Set to begin in January 2026, the 12-m...

A grassroots revolution in robotics is gaining ground, making advanced, AI-powered machines more accessible than ever. At its heart is Reachy Mini—a desktop-sized open-source robot launched by Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics, priced between $299 and $...

Lloyds Banking Group is accelerating its AI transformation, with 30 generative AI use cases already in production and plans to scale this to between 60 and 100 by the end of the year. Speaking at the Bloomberg 2025 Sell-Side Leaders Forum in London, Ro...

Investment & Infrastructure

As AI reshapes industries and public services, the question facing UK digital leaders is no longer whether AI will transform their organisations, but how quickly they can adapt. Generative AI, large language models and machine learning are redefining c...

ABB has launched the SACE Emax 3, a next-generation air circuit breaker designed to enhance energy resilience and security in high-demand environments, including AI-driven data centres, advanced manufacturing sites, hospitals and airports. As these sec...

Since early 2025, Birmingham has faced a major waste collection crisis triggered by an ongoing strike by bin workers represented by the Unite union. The dispute centres on Birmingham City Council’s plans to restructure waste services, including removin...

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