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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In February, I picked up a flyer at an anti-AI march in London. I can’t say for sure whether or not its writers meant to riff on South Park’s underpants gnomes. But…
Read full articleThis story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Two of the most powerful people in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—began their face-off in court in Oakland, California, last week. Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging that the millions he spent to…
Technology has been deployed since 2020 in London, leading to concerns over data privacy and racial bias AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition The Labour government thinks facial recognition technology is “the biggest breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching”. It wants all police forces to use it and recently announced 40 new vans rigged with live facial recognition cameras to be deployed in town centres across England and Wales. Supporters say it streamlines police work and catches criminals. Opponents fear it violates civil liberties and can be biased against minorities. Continue reading...
On May 21st, the Innodata GenAI Summit convenes in London for a single day of rigorous, practitioner-led exchange on the challenges defining frontier AI in 2026. Here is what the agenda covers, who is in the room, and why it's a must for AI professionals...
Exclusive: Mayor raises concerns about using public money to support firms who act ‘contrary to London’s values’ Sadiq Khan may oppose Scotland Yard using Palantir’s AI systems to process criminal intelligence because of his “concerns about using public money to support firms who act contrary to London’s values”. The mayor of London’s office made the statement after the Guardian revealed last week that Palantir, which works for Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan police over a wide-ranging contract that could run into tens of millions of pounds. Continue reading...
Project Prometheus would be latest AI group to take space in UK capital amid global expansion
Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.”
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As tensions with the US government mount, Anthropic has leased a new office with enough space to quadruple its 200-person headcount in London.
