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Fractile expansion demonstrates UK growth opportunity

AI chip firm’s £100m expansion and facility in Bristol is being used to showcase the government’s AI opportunity plan in action
Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert

A series of Russian cyber attacks targeting Poland's energy infrastructure has prompted a new warning from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
NTT Data deepens Middle East cloud push with Zero&One acquisition

Deal highlights growing strategic importance of the UAE as global technology firms race to scale cloud, AI and digital services across the region
UAE TII challenges big tech dominance with open source Falcon AI

Through its Falcon models and an open, efficiency-driven research strategy, the Technology Innovation Institute is positioning the UAE as a producer of foundational AI, not merely a consumer of global platforms
Ireland to procure national electronic health record

The Irish government has approved project to digitally transform the Irish health service by introducing integrated health records as part of Digital for Care strategy
US bid for Dutch ID infrastructure raises sovereignty concerns

Kyndryl’s proposed takeover shows how critical systems become exposed to foreign control without an overarching policy decision

From chaos to clarity: How AI is redefining construction at scale

Klemensas Mecejus from ai71 explains why predictive, agent-based AI could finally crack construction’s productivity and cost overrun problem, and why the Middle East is poised to leap ahead
Why the UK needs to rethink the Investigatory Powers Act and allow intercept evidence in court

The UK needs clear and unambiguous laws around the use of digital evidence in court. The law has become tangled following rulings in the country’s EncroChat prosecutions. It’s time to allow intercept data to be used as evidence in legal cases
Answers to key questions about AI in IT security

Forrester examines the key factors security leaders and IT decision-makers need to evaluate when considering AI-enabled IT security

Salesforce analysis: the road to multi-agents is paved with connected orchestration- CW Developer Network

Developers are set for acceleration… the new wave of agentic AI services will, in and of themselves, create a supercharged programming landscape that sees software engineers propelled forward into ... Continue Reading
GreenOps – Astronomer: Workflow orchestration is the hygiene layer a data team needs- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Carter Page in his capacity as EVP of R&D at Astronomer. Astronomer is the company behind Astro, the modern data ... Continue Reading
GreenOps & FinOps – Sweep: From compliance & cost cutting to business growth- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Yannick Chaze, CTO and co-Founder of Sweep. Sweep is a sustainability data platform that helps organisations track carbon ... Continue Reading
AI abilities for utilities, IFS Resolve serves field technicians & emergency crews- CW Developer Network

Continuing to expand its ‘industrial AI’ mission with real-world in-the-field application services, IFS has detailed the arrival of its IFS Nexus Black Resolve for Utilities. This is a ... Continue Reading

Smaller, safer AI models may be key to unlocking business value

While AI presents a significant opportunity to further the way we do business, what if it’s time to consider a new direction? What if the safest and most effective path for AI isn’t to go larger, but smaller instead?
AGI? Business leaders are still trying to make AI work

Artificial general intelligence made headlines at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos but business leaders chatting in the corridors are much more interested in how they can make AI work in real business process.
Is banking IT and business relationship still ‘them and us’?

As the UK government appoints senior IT executives at two banks to help it guide artificial intelligence deployment in the sector, Computer Weekly asks one IT professional in banking what he thinks