2025

ServiceNow has opened its Knowledge 2025 conference with a brand new AI platform. The ambition is clear: to give businesses a single, coherent way to get all their different AI tools and intelligent agents working together, right across the company.This isn’t just a fresh lick of paint; we’re talking deep-rooted new features and much cosier relationships with the likes of NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, and...

The United Arab Emirates looks set to integrating AI education in its schools’ curricula, meaning all children from kindergarten to high school will learn about the technology, how it can be used day-to-day, and the best ways to implement the various types of models. There will also be classes covering the ethics of AI, something that the country’s young might eventually teach to the world, according...

Developer experience (DevEx) is more than just a buzzphrase. With the rise of complex tech stacks, remote-first teams, and continuous delivery, developers’ work processes have become more complex. Poor DevEx leads to slower deployments, burnout, and increased turnover. Great DevEx, on the other hand, boosts productivity, developer satisfaction, and the quality of shipped code.Developer Experience Insight...

Ever wondered what happens when a company trying to build a ‘brain for the world’ needs to grow up, fast, without selling its soul? Well, OpenAI has just given us a peek as it pledges to keep its nonprofit core amid broader restructuring.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has laid out their roadmap, and the headline news is: they’re rejigging the money side of things, but their core mission to make Artificial...

We’ve heard endless predictions about how AI chatbots will transform work, but data paints a much calmer picture—at least for now. Despite huge and ongoing advancements in generative AI, the massive wave it was supposed to create in the world of work looks more like a ripple so far. Researchers Anders Humlum (University of Chicago) and Emilie Vestergaard (University of Copenhagen) didn’t...

Google is giving its diagnostic AI the ability to understand visual medical information with its latest research on AMIE (Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer). Imagine chatting with an AI about a health concern, and instead of just processing your words, it could actually look at the photo of that worrying rash or make sense of your ECG printout. That’s what Google is aiming for. We...

Anthropic just launched ‘Integrations’ for Claude that enables the AI to talk directly to your favourite daily work tools. In addition, the company has launched a beefed-up ‘Advanced Research’ feature for digging deeper than ever before. Starting with Integrations, the feature builds on a technical standard Anthropic released last year (the Model Context Protocol, or MCP), but makes it...

The classroom hasn’t changed much in over a century. A teacher at the front, rows of students listening, and a curriculum defined by what’s testable – not necessarily what’s meaningful. But AI, as arguably the most powerful tool humanity has created in the last few years, is about to break that model open. Not with smarter software or faster grading, but by forcing us to ask: “What is...

The third edition of Machines Can See (MCS) Summit has concluded at Dubai’s Museum of the Future. More than 300 start‑ups pitched to investors from EQT Ventures, Balderton, Lakestar, e& capital and Mubadala, and more than 3,500 delegates from 45 countries attended the summit, while online engagement levels were high (4.7 million views). Real-time updates with the #MCS2025 hashtag are...

The role of AI in education is a controversial subject, bringing both exciting possibilities and serious challenges. There’s a real push to bring AI into schools, and you can see why. The recent executive order on youth education from President Trump recognised that if future generations are going to do well in an increasingly automated world, they need to be ready. “To ensure the United...