Policy
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AI safety test reaches the live internet
UK AI safety testing spilled onto the live internet unexpectedly.
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Regulation weighs on Scotland’s digital exports
Scotland’s technology sector exports widely but faces growing compliance friction.
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DfE gives AI a role in vacancy checks
Apprenticeship vacancies will face automated checks before selective human review.
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Synthetic emails test government records AI
Government researchers are using artificial emails to test records-management AI safely.
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Italy fast-tracks €25bn-plus data-centre pipeline
Italy is accelerating data-centre approvals as AI infrastructure investment expands.
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Microsoft returns to Langley with data-centre plan
Microsoft is preparing a new proposal for a Langley data centre on land with an earlier mixed-use permission.
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HMRC’s £1.1bn IT budget faces MTD test
HMRC’s first mandatory digital income-tax quarter will test whether rising technology budgets produce a dependable national service.
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Solihull puts evidence before AI spending
Solihull Council will examine hundreds of possible AI uses before deciding which services justify further investment.
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Europe’s scaleup fund is ready to invest
Europe’s €5 billion scaleup fund is legally ready to make market-based investments in strategic technology companies.
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Palantir’s US boom meets European resistance
Palantir’s rapid US growth contrasts with European procurement resistance.











