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Mearns Castle High School in East Renfrewshire has appointed Jamie Laycock to a dedicated AI literacy post, with lessons for pupils and training for colleagues. The approach is less “AI is the future” than “check what it tells you”, which is a more useful starting point for a…
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The White House’s new “Super Intelligence” task force has 120 days to advise President Trump on AI policy, as officials weigh competing approaches to oversight and keeping the US ahead in the AI race. Its work could shape how federal agencies review advanced models, even if it stops…
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Mi Familia en Acción has launched Nubi, a bilingual AI app offering locally tailored answers to voting questions across all 50 US states. The civic group says the tool draws on information it considers reliable rather than searching the open internet, a design choice that matters when an…
Stanford HAI Watch
Stanford HAI’s 2026 AI Index finds AI capability and adoption advancing quickly, while responsible-AI reporting remains patchy and documented incidents have risen. The report gives readers a broad, data-rich view of where the field is moving, and where measurement is still playing catch-up.
Shopify Watch
Shopify says 65% of shoppers plan to use AI for at least one shopping task this holiday season, but only one-third say they trusted an agent to buy on their behalf. For merchants, the immediate opportunity is helping AI recommend the right product, not assuming shoppers are ready…
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The UK government will act on all 44 proposals for regulating healthcare AI, according to Resultsense. The shift puts more emphasis on monitoring AI medical devices after they reach patients, with draft guidance on product updates due by December.
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Anthropic accounted for up to half of what UK businesses spent with AI providers in September, while ChatGPT’s share fell from 60% to 36%, according to a business spending tracker. The figures suggest a shifting supplier mix among smaller firms, though they measure card spending, not the number…
GMI Cloud Watch
GMI Cloud says it has arranged $668 million in financing to expand its AI infrastructure across the United States, Taiwan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The important distinction is the funding mix: $223 million in Series B equity and a $445 million credit facility, not a $668 million…
Cohere Watch
Cohere and Thales say a new task under a Canadian naval support contract will bring agentic AI into maintenance and support activities for Royal Canadian Navy vessels. The planned system is aimed at routine work, with personnel remaining in control and able to focus on more complex tasks.
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An Arizona appeals court has ordered a man resentenced after finding that an AI-generated video portraying his deceased victim was unreliable. The case puts a difficult question in view: when does a synthetic memorial become something a court must treat as evidence?
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AI-related goods are driving more than half of export growth in most East Asian and Pacific economies, according to the World Bank. The bank has raised its regional growth forecast, but warns that a reversal in AI spending could remove a key support for growth.
Microsoft AI Watch
Microsoft has added real-time streaming transcription and expanded language support to its MAI speech models. The practical draw is faster, more flexible speech processing, although Microsoft’s documentation says the models are in public preview and not recommended for production workloads.
DeepSeek Watch
DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan, or $12 billion, in funding, Bloomberg reports, ahead of a planned early-2027 IPO. The reported sum would far exceed the company’s own fundraising target, putting a striking figure on the capital ambitions behind one of China’s best-known AI…
NVIDIA Watch
Nvidia and Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, say robots have improved assembly of components for Nvidia’s GB300 AI computing platform. The reported success rates top 90 per cent, offering a concrete look at where flexible automation is being put to work in AI hardware manufacturing.
