• Google says UK risks being ‘left behind’ in AI race without more data centres

    Google says UK risks being ‘left behind’ in AI race without more data centres
    Exclusive: Tech company wants Labour to relax laws that prevent AI models being ‘trained’ on copyrighted materialsGoogle has said that Britain risks being left behind in the global artificial intelligence race unless the government moves quickly to build more datacentres and let tech companies use copyrighted work in their AI models.The company pointed to research showing that the UK is ranked seventh on a global AI readiness index for data and infrastructure, and called for a number
  • Global AI fund needed to help developing nations tap tech benefits, UN says

    Global AI fund needed to help developing nations tap tech benefits, UN says
    Governments and private firms should contribute to help states unable to invest and benefit from advancesGovernments and private companies should contribute to a global artificial intelligence fund that will allow developing nations to benefit from advances in the technology, according to a UN report.The fund would help provide models, computing power and AI-related training programmes, according to recommendations from the UN secretary general’s high-level AI advisory body. Continue readi