RAISE US launches with $500m to retrain workers for the AI economy
A bipartisan nonprofit founded by Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb plans to work with states and employers on education and retraining.
Rajan Mehta 3 min read
Artificial intelligence
This topic follows artificial intelligence as a policy question as much as a technology story. Recent reporting covers the RAISE US programme and its $500m push to retrain workers for the AI economy, UN calls for companies to disclose environmental impact and switch to renewables by 2030, and ministers moving to close the AI chatbot loophole in online safety law. Alongside the politics sit the breakthroughs, from Cambridge's AI-designed coronavirus vaccine passing its first human test to the accelerating model race among the big labs.
Danny Boyle defends AI Margaret Thatcher in Ink as third 28 Years Later film goes on back burner
Danny Boyle has explained why he used artificial intelligence to recreate Margaret Thatcher's face in his latest film, Ink, without asking her estate for permission. The director also revealed that the third 28 Years Later film is not currently a priority.
Marcus Reeve 7 min read
UN presses AI companies to disclose environmental impact and go renewable by 2030
Secretary-general Antonio Guterres calls on artificial intelligence firms to reveal data-centre energy and water use, putting AI's climate footprint under fresh scrutiny.
Rajan Mehta 3 min read
New York primaries put AI money and familiar political names on the ballot
Voters are deciding closely watched races shaped by artificial-intelligence industry spending, debates over affordability and recognisable political dynasties, in contests seen as a barometer of the party's mood and money.
Marcus Reeve 5 min read
Parents back tougher screen rules as children embrace AI, polling shows
New government polling reveals strong public support for limits on young children's screen time and a possible social media ban for under-16s, even as surveys find a majority of children already using AI every day.
Eleanor Whitfield 7 min read
Ministers move to close the AI chatbot loophole in online safety law
The government is fast-tracking reforms to bring standalone AI chatbots within the scope of online safety rules, after an Ofcom investigation exposed a gap that left some tools outside the law entirely.
Eleanor Whitfield 7 min read
Bezos's Prometheus raises $12bn to build an 'artificial general engineer'
The secretive physical-AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos is now valued at $41bn as it pursues software to design and manufacture everything from jet engines to drugs.
Rajan Mehta 7 min read
Apple finally gives Siri its long-promised brain at WWDC 2026
A rebuilt, conversational Siri and a performance-focused iOS 27 headlined Apple's developer conference, as the company leaned on its own Foundation Models alongside Google's Gemini.
Rajan Mehta 8 min read
Apple bets its assistant's future on Google's Gemini as a rebuilt Siri AI headlines WWDC 2026
At its annual developer conference, Apple unveiled a ground-up reinvention of Siri powered partly by Google's models, alongside iOS 27 and a sweeping Apple Intelligence overhaul.
Rajan Mehta 8 min read
Cambridge's AI-designed 'universal' coronavirus vaccine passes its first human test
A jab whose active ingredient was created by computer rather than copied from a real virus has cleared its first safety trial, raising hopes of a vaccine that could blunt the next pandemic before it begins.
Eleanor Whitfield 7 min read
GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.5 and Claude Opus 4.8: the AI model race accelerates as big tech pours billions into infrastructure
The leading AI labs traded new benchmark records this month even as Microsoft, NVIDIA and JPMorgan signalled that artificial intelligence has graduated from experiment to core infrastructure.
Rajan Mehta 8 min read