2025

The world is in a race to deploy AI, but a leading voice in technology ethics warns prioritising speed over safety risks a “trust crisis.”Suvianna Grecu, Founder of the AI for Change Foundation, argues that without immediate and strong governance, we are on a path to “automating harm at scale.”Speaking on the integration of AI into critical sectors, Grecu believes that the most pressing ethical...

A powerhouse team has launched a new initiative called ‘Doing AI Differently,’ which calls for a human-centred approach to future development.For years, we’ve treated AI’s outputs like they’re the results of a giant math problem. But the researchers – from The Alan Turing Institute, the University of Edinburgh, AHRC-UKRI, and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation – behind this project say...

A growing body of evidence suggests that over-reliance on AI could be eroding the human skills needed to use it effectively. Research warns this emerging human skills deficit threatens the successful adoption of AI and, with it, an opportunity for economic growth.It feels like not a day goes by without another proclamation about how AI will change our world. Every business leader I speak to is either...

Generative AI is entering a more mature phase in 2025. Models are being refined for accuracy and efficiency, and enterprises are embedding them into everyday workflows.The focus is shifting from what these systems could do to how they can be applied reliably and at scale. What’s emerging is a clearer picture of what it takes to build generative AI that is not just powerful, but dependable.The new...

While other tech companies push out AI tools at full speed, Apple is taking its time. Its Apple Intelligence features – shown off at WWDC – won’t reach most users until at least 2025 or even 2026. Some see this as Apple falling behind, but the company’s track record suggests it prefers to launch only when products are ready.In contrast, competitors like Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google have already...

Tencent has expanded its family of open-source Hunyuan AI models that are versatile enough for broad use. This new family of models is engineered to deliver powerful performance across computational environments, from small edge devices to demanding, high-concurrency production systems.The release includes a comprehensive set of pre-trained and instruction-tuned models available on the developer platform...

Deep Cogito has released Cogito v2, a new family of open-source AI models that sharpen their own reasoning skills.Released under an open-source licence, the new Cogito v2 lineup includes four hybrid reasoning AI models: two mid-sized at 70B and 109B parameters, and two large-scale versions at 405B and 671B. The largest, a 671B Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model, is already being touted as one of the most...

A leak suggests that OpenAI is about to launch a powerful new open-source AI model, potentially within hours.The evidence comes from a trail of digital breadcrumbs, eagerly pored over by developers. At the centre of it all are screenshots showing a series of model repositories with names like yofo-deepcurrent/gpt-oss-120b and yofo-wildflower/gpt-oss-20b. The repos have since been deleted, but the accounts...

Shah Muhammad, who leads AI Innovation at the design and engineering firm Sweco, offers his insights into how AI is building the cities of the future.Ever been stuck in traffic and thought, “Surely, there’s a better way to design this city?” Or walked past a giant new building and wondered if it would be an energy-guzzling monster?For decades, building our towns and cities has been a slow,...

Data protection compliance has evolved from a periodic checklist exercise to a continuous responsibility. With cyber threats emerging and regulatory requirements becoming increasingly stringent, organisations can’t afford to rely on manual compliance monitoring approaches. The advent of artificial intelligence has transformed the challenge, offering capabilities for continuous oversight and real-time...