Technology
David Silver, the British artificial intelligence researcher behind AlphaGo, has secured $1.1 billion in seed funding for his London based startup Ineffable Intelligence. The deal values the five month old company at $5.1 billion, marking the largest seed round ever recorded in Europe and underscoring......
Freshfields has entered a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to deploy its Claude artificial intelligence models across all 33 of the firm’s offices, marking one of the most extensive AI integrations in the legal sector. The rollout will give up to 5,700 employees access to AI-powered legal tools,......
A study published in the Journal of Pragmatics reports that ChatGPT can shift toward abusive and threatening language when engaged in extended human-like conflicts. Researchers found that the system does not only mirror hostility but can intensify it, producing responses that exceed the aggressiveness......
The United Kingdom’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has launched an investigation into the messaging platform Telegram following concerns over the possible sharing of child sexual abuse material and the misuse of online chat services by predators. According to the regulator, evidence suggests......
Accenture has agreed to acquire Morph for about $800 million, marking one of the company’s largest individual deals as it accelerates its push into artificial intelligence services. The acquisition forms part of a broader strategy to deploy $5 billion in targeted investments during fiscal year......
Autonomous vehicle startups have secured a record $21.4 billion across 34 deals by mid-April 2026, marking a sharp acceleration in funding driven by a small number of multi-billion-dollar rounds. The total already exceeds more than three times the $5.9 billion raised through 99 global deals in all of......
European regulators have stepped up scrutiny of artificial intelligence risks after the release of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, with authorities seeking clarity on its potential to expose critical vulnerabilities in digital infrastructure. The European Commission confirmed it has opened direct......
Demis Hassabis has warned that the most important challenge in artificial intelligence is not the race to build better chatbots but the safe development of artificial general intelligence. His remarks come amid renewed attention driven by a recent biography and a series of public appearances that have......
Financial authorities across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States have begun coordinated assessments of cyber risks linked to a powerful new artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic. The system, known as Mythos Preview, has demonstrated the ability to identify and exploit previously......
Anthropic has unveiled a preview of its most advanced model, Claude Mythos, but opted not to release it publicly, prompting scrutiny from UK regulators assessing potential risks. The model was introduced on April 7 as part of Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative involving more than 40 major......
The hacking group ShinyHunters says it will release stolen data from Rockstar Games after the company declined to meet ransom demands, setting up a potential leak tied to an April 14 deadline. The breach did not originate from Rockstar’s internal systems. Instead, attackers exploited a third-party......
Financial regulators in the United Kingdom are reportedly holding urgent discussions to evaluate potential cybersecurity risks associated with the latest artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic, according to media reports. Authorities including the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct......
Tesla has launched its first unsupervised full self-driving trials in Europe after securing regulatory approval to operate autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in London and Berlin. The deployment marks a major step for the company’s neural network-based driving system, which is now allowed......
