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Nina Schick is a leading speaker and expert on generative AI, renowned for her groundbreaking work at the intersection of technology, society and geopolitics. As one of the first authors to publish a book on generative AI, she has emerged as a sought-after speaker helping global leaders, businesses, and institutions understand and adapt to this transformative moment. We spoke to Nina to explore the future of AI-driven innovation, its ethical and political dimensions, and how organisations can lead in this rapidly evolving landscape. In your view, how will generative AI redefine the foundational structures of business and economic productivity in…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has explored the opportunities and challenges brought about by AI with regards to global energy. Training and deploying sophisticated AI models occur within vast, power-hungry data centres. A “typical AI-focused data centre consumes as much electricity as 100 000 households,” the IEA notes, with the largest facilities under construction projected to demand 20x times that amount. Surging data centre investments Global investment in data centres has nearly doubled since 2022, reaching half a trillion dollars in 2024, sparking concerns about escalating electricity needs. While data centres accounted for approximately 1.5% of global electricity consumption in…
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peepo/Getty ImagesTrust is fragile, and that’s one problem with artificial intelligence, which is only as good as the data behind it. Data integrity concerns — which have vexed even the savviest organizations for decades — is rearing its head again. And industry experts are sounding the alarm. Users of generative AI may be fed incomplete, duplicative, or erroneous information that comes back to bite them — thanks to the weak or siloed data underpinning these systems. “AI and gen AI are raising the bar for quality data,” according to a recent analysis published by Ashish Verma, chief data and analytics officer at Deloitte…
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NTT Research announced at its annual Upgrade event that it has started a new AI basic research group, dubbed the Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group. Physical AI has become a big deal in 2025, with Nvidia leading the charge to create synthetic data to pretest self-driving cars and humanoid robotics so they can get to market faster. NTT Research is launching its Physic of Artificial Intelligence (PAI) Group to get on board. NTT Research’s new independent group is spinning off of its Physic of Intelligence (PHI) Lab to advanced our understanding of the “black box” of AI for better trust…
OpenAI has launched a legal counteroffensive against one of its co-founders, Elon Musk, and his competing AI venture, xAI. In court documents filed yesterday, OpenAI accuses Musk of orchestrating a “relentless” and “malicious” campaign designed to “take down OpenAI” after he left the organisation years ago. Elon’s nonstop actions against us are just bad-faith tactics to slow down OpenAI and seize control of the leading AI innovations for his personal benefit. Today, we counter-sued to stop him.— OpenAI Newsroom (@OpenAINewsroom) April 9, 2025 The court filing, submitted to the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges Musk…
The UK government needs to “rise to the moment”, Starmer said, adding that he would not “pretend” US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are “good news”. Speaking this morning after Trump announced a 90-day pause in his sweeping global tariffs, while raising his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125 per cent, the Prime Minister insisted his “government is ambitious for Britain”. The UK prime minister said he would not “pretend that tariffs are good news” and that the government was not “just going to sit back and hope” but would need to “rise to the moment”. Starmer told reporters: “This…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared diabetes-management firm DexCom’s (DXCM) new continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system. The San Diego, Calif.-based firm said Thursday that its Dexcom G7 15 Day system had been approved by the FDA to treat people 18 and older with diabetes. It is expected to launch in the U.S. in the second half of the year. “By listening to the needs of our users, we’re proud to offer the longest lasting wearable and most accurate CGM, giving people the knowledge to better control their diabetes,” DexCom COO Jake Leach said. Shares of DexCom rose nearly…