OpenAI has developed a new research technique that trains advanced AI models to admit when they ignored instructions, took unintended shortcuts, or quietly breached the rules they were given. A New Approach To Detecting Hidden Misbehaviour OpenAI’s latest research introduces what it calls a “confession”, which is a second output that sits alongside the model’s […]

The Bank of England has warned that the rapid rise in artificial intelligence focused technology stocks has created clear financial stability risks and could lead to a sharp correction in global markets. AI Valuations Reach Their Most Stretched Levels In Years The Bank’s latest Financial Stability Report says equity valuations linked to AI are now “particularly

Amazon is piloting a new ultra fast delivery service that brings household essentials and fresh groceries to customers in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia in about 30 minutes or less. ‘Amazon Now’ And What It Offers ‘Amazon Now’ is a new delivery option built directly into the main Amazon app and website. Customers in eligible

Cloudflare has suffered its second major service outage in less than a month, briefly taking a substantial portion of the internet offline and prompting renewed questions about the resilience of the infrastructure many organisations now rely on. Friday 5 December Outage This latest incident occurred on Friday 5 December, when websites around the world began

Green hydrogen was expected to become one of the most important clean fuels for decarbonising heavy industry, yet many projects across Europe, the United States and Australia are now slowing, shrinking or being cancelled altogether. What Is Green Hydrogen? Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity from wind,

Did you know you can bundle any set of contacts into a single group and send a message to everyone with just one address? It’s a huge time‑saver and eliminates the risk of forgetting a recipient. How to create a group – Desktop (Outlook 365) – Switch to People (the icon at the bottom of the

Insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are warning that artificial intelligence may now be too unpredictable to insure, raising concerns about the financial fallout if widely used models fail at scale. Anxiety As recently reported in the Financial Times, it seems that anxiety across the insurance sector has grown sharply in recent months as

Microsoft has announced Fara-7B, a new “agentic” small language model built to run directly on a PC and carry out tasks on screen, marking a significant move towards practical AI agents that can operate computers rather than simply generate text. What Is Fara-7B? Fara-7B is Microsoft’s first computer-use small language model (SLM), designed to act

A new GDS Local unit has been launched to give residents simpler, consistent access to both national and local government services through a single digital system. What the Government Has Announced On 22 November 2025, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) unveiled GDS Local, a dedicated team within the Government Digital Service (GDS)

Microsoft has announced that its Copilot chatbot will stop working on WhatsApp on 15 January 2026 after WhatsApp introduces its new restrictions on third party AI assistants. Why Copilot Was On WhatsApp In The First Place Copilot was launched on WhatsApp in late 2024 as part of Microsoft’s wider effort to meet users inside the