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Key questions answered around potential use of health data to train AI models under Labour’s proposalsMinisters mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI pushUK ministers have committed to creating a National Data Library for building artificial intelligence models, as part of an AI action plan.The library will comprise state-controlled data with at least five “high-impact” public datasets being compiled. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, indicated on Monda

Anonymised data could help develop treatments, drugs and diagnostic tools but potential misuse worries expertsWhat does AI plan mean for NHS patient data and is there cause for concern?Ministers are considering allowing private companies to make profits from NHS data as part of a push to revolutionise the health service using artificial intelligence, government officials have indicated.Keir Starmer on Monday announced a push to open up the government to AI innovation, including allowing companie

Public investment in technology is the right move. But ministers must not become boosters for an industry that causes harm as well as goodDigital technology companies have reshaped our world and will continue doing so. Sir Keir Starmer knows his government must seek a role in shaping this new order – and avoid ceding all control to the US and China. According to official estimates, the UK is the third-largest AI market. Its universities are important incubators of talent. Google DeepMind,

Starmer is banking on AI to save him. It’s not as if other technologies have had unforeseen consequences, is it?“We are at a pivotal moment in history. AI is not just a tool for the future, it is already reshaping our lives in profound ways.” No kidding. That’s just a couple of sentences out of an entire speech written by ChatGPT when it was asked to come up with one on AI in the style of Keir Starmer.Much of it wasn’t a million miles away. OK, AI hasn’t yet l

Downing Street says prime minister has ‘full confidence’ in chancellor and will be working with her ‘in role of chancellor’ for the whole of this parliamentKeir Starmer is about to deliver his AI speech.Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell have “decided to end our marriage”, the former first minister of Scotland has said. PA Media says:They have been married since 2010 but, in a post on Instagram, the SNP MSP said “to all intents and purposes we

Downing Street says prime minster has ‘full confidence’ in chancellor and will be working with her ‘in role of chancellor’ for the whole of this parliamentKeir Starmer is about to deliver his AI speech.Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell have “decided to end our marriage”, the former first minister of Scotland has said. PA Media says:They have been married since 2010 but, in a post on Instagram, the SNP MSP said “to all intents and purposes we

First datacentre site proposed seven miles from Abingdon reservoir planned for water-stressed south-east EnglandLabour’s first artificial intelligence growth zone will be sited close to the UK’s first new reservoir in 30 years, sparking fears that the AI push will add to the “severe pressure” on water supplies in the area.Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he would hugely increase artificial intelligence capacity and reduce planning restrictions on companies that wante

The main points from the prime minister’s plan to make the UK a world leader in artificial intelligenceThe UK government has unveiled a wide-ranging action plan to boost the country’s role in developing and deploying artificial intelligence. The 50 recommendations from the report, written by the tech investor Matt Clifford, have been endorsed by Keir Starmer, who says the technology will drive “incredible change in our country”.Here are the plan’s key points: Contin

Amid reports of creation of fake racist images, Signify warns problem will get ‘so much worse’ over the next yearA rise in online racism driven by fake images is “just the start of a coming problem” after the latest release of X’s AI software, online abuse experts have warned.Concerns were raised after computer-generated images created using Grok, X’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot, flooded the social media site in December last year. Continue read

Is tech calling the shots in your life? From making AI work smarter to tracking stolen phones, our expert explains how to get aheadAsking ChatGPT to write your emails is so two years ago. Generative AI tools are now going beyond the basic text-prompt phase. Take Google’s NotebookLM, an experimental “AI research assistant” that lets you upload not just text but also videos, links and PDFs. It will provide a summary of the content, answer questions about it, and even make a podca

Can the AI Parky ever beat the real chatshow colossus? As the Virtually Parkinson podcast launches, our writer sits in on a bizarre interview with Monty Don – then ends up in the hot seat himselfAsk anyone who regularly interviews people and they’ll tell you that few things are stranger than when the tables turn and you’re the one being interviewed. This is especially true when the person interviewing you has been dead for a year and a half. But here we are. Virtually Parkinson

Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public dataWhy Labour is pinning its hopes on AI to drive UK growthArtificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK’s computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology’s effects.Keir Starmer will launch a sweeping action plan to increase 20-fold the amount of AI computing p