Updates

19 Sep 2025

WTO report notes AI’s potential benefit to trade if divides are addressed

The Report argues that AI could potentially boost global trade, but warns that it could also increase global inequality.

18 Sep 2025

AI tool predicts risk of over 1,000 diseases years ahead

Researchers unveil AI tool that forecasts cancer, diabetes, and heart disease more than a decade before diagnosis.

18 Sep 2025

Gemini 2.5 solves top ICPC problems at world finals

The AI competed live and remotely, finishing problems faster than most human teams while adhering to official ICPC rules.

18 Sep 2025

EU AI Act enforcement gears up with 15 authorities named in Ireland

National AI Office to coordinate Ireland’s compliance with EU AI Act as enforcement ramps up across member states.

18 Sep 2025

UK partners with NVIDIA to drive AI growth and new jobs

Workforce training is central to the plan, with NVIDIA, techUK and QA launching skills programmes to prepare developers and researchers for the AI industrial revolution.

18 Sep 2025

SEC approves new standards for digital asset trading

Regulatory clarity improves as exchanges can now list commodity-based trust shares without separate SEC rule changes.

18 Sep 2025

Meta launches AI smart glasses with Ray-Ban and Oakley

Analysts believe smart glasses could succeed where the Metaverse failed, but warn Meta must prove the benefits of AI wearables instead of relying on hype.

18 Sep 2025

Japan investigates X for non-compliance with the harmful content law

Regulators say X may be in breach of Japan’s online safety law by forcing non-users to register before requesting the removal of harmful or defamatory posts.

18 Sep 2025

West London borough approves AI facial recognition CCTV rollout

Council leader Stephen Cowan defended the facial recognition rollout as a way to strengthen evidence for prosecutions instead of leaving offenders unpunished under a weakened justice system.

18 Sep 2025

Microsoft podcast explores future of AI in medicine

Clinicians say AI can act as a second set of eyes, spotting errors such as incorrect medication dosages.