Microsoft, OpenAI Join UK Security Efforts; Just 16% of UK Firms Are Using AI; UK AV Leader Snags $1.2bn Funding Round

from AI in the UK · host Niels Footman and Matt Wilkinson

This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss:OpenAI and Microsoft are the latest big names to support international research by the UK's AI Safety Institute. But in the grand, multi-billion-dollar scheme of things, how much does their work matter?New research shows that just 16% of UK businesses are using at least one AI technology. Huge wake-up call or a misreading of what's actually going on?UK autonomous vehicle pioneer Wayve's new funding round takes valuation to more than $8bn. Can it triumph in London's coming driverless taxi wars?

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