Updates

16 Aug 2025

UK estate agents adopt AI tools to offset hiring challenges

With payrolled employee growth at a low, agents are embracing PropTech and AI tools as a cost-effective response to a widespread skills deficit.

16 Aug 2025

Candidates urged to balance AI support with integrity

While AI can enhance applications, Taylor Wessing cautions candidates to safeguard authenticity and complete online assessments independently to reflect their true abilities.

16 Aug 2025

Top cybersecurity vendors double down on AI-powered platforms

AI-driven platforms are transforming cybersecurity as leading vendors consolidate capabilities, integrate automation, and strengthen defences against evolving global cyberthreats.

16 Aug 2025

North Korean hackers switch to ransomware in major cyber campaign

North Korean hackers shift tactics with ransomware campaign, targeting South Korea and beyond, raising concerns over evolving cyber threats.

15 Aug 2025

OpenAI’s GPT-5 faces backlash for dull tone

OpenAI’s GPT-5 launch wowed few but won on coding skills, speed, and cost, aiming for steady utility over hype.

15 Aug 2025

Seedbox.AI backs re-training AI models to boost Europe’s competitiveness

Germany’s Seedbox.AI wants to boost AI efficiency, but faces chip shortages, funding gaps, and talent competition from Big Tech.

15 Aug 2025

Google launches small AI model for mobiles and IoT

Built for energy efficiency, Google’s Gemma 3 270M allows on-device AI personalisation instead of depending on remote cloud infrastructure.

15 Aug 2025

Cohere secures $500m funding to expand secure enterprise AI

AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce are among the backers of Cohere’s latest $500 million funding, which strengthens its position in secure AI for business use.

15 Aug 2025

MIT AI creates antibiotics to tackle resistant bacteria

AI-designed drugs cleared infections in lab tests, demonstrating potential to combat gonorrhea, MRSA, and other resistant pathogens while minimising toxicity.

15 Aug 2025

Chinese researchers advance atom-based quantum computing with massive atom array

The AI-driven system achieves near-perfect qubit operations and could allow atom-based quantum computers to scale to tens of thousands of qubits.