August 2025

In March Yext, the leading brand visibility platform, launched Yext Scout, an AI search and competitive intelligence agent designed to give brands visibility and actionable insights across both traditional and AI-driven search platforms. Integrated within the Yext platform, Scout provides insights into visibility across traditional and AI search platforms, benchmarks performance against competitors, and delivers […]

Nvidia is working on a new AI chip for China that could be stronger than the H20 model it currently sells there, according to people familiar with the plans, Reuters reported. The chip will be based on the company’s latest Blackwell design. Last week, US President Donald Trump suggested that more advanced Nvidia chips might

The Council for Science and Technology (CST) urges the UK to seize a “once-in-20-years opportunity” to build a world-class AI chip design industry, or risk becoming a nation that simply consumes, rather than creates, the technology that will define our future. In a report published this week, the council argues the UK must get serious

AI has been a game-changer for many businesses, and CEOs are eager to get in on the action. Smart move! But, before you start envisioning robots handling your customer service and algorithms optimising everything from inventory to cafeteria orders, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: the costs no one mentions at those slick

The artificial intelligence company Perplexity’s audacious offer to acquire Chrome has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley, but questions remain about whether the move represents a genuine strategy or a calculated publicity stunt. Perplexity AI made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser last Tuesday, a figure that exceeds the startup’s own $18 billion

Anxiety is growing among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in security operation centres, particularly around Chinese AI giant DeepSeek. AI was heralded as a new dawn for business efficiency and innovation, but for the people on the front lines of corporate defence, it’s casting some very long and dark shadows. Four in five (81%) UK

Malaysia’s race to build a homegrown AI workforce has entered a new phase with Huawei’s pledge to train 30,000 local professionals, as the country’s freshly minted National Cloud Computing Policy (NCCP) creates the regulatory foundation for a sovereign yet globally-competitive digital economy. Speaking at the Huawei Cloud AI Ecosystem Summit APAC 2025, Digital Minister Gobind

Market disruption and shockwaves through Silicon Valley marked Chinese startup DeepSeek’s launch, challenging some of the fundamental assumptions of how artificial intelligence companies had operated and scaled. In less than a couple of years, the Beijing-based newcomer has accomplished what many thought impossible: creating AI models that compete with industry giants while spending only a

While AI might feel ubiquitous, it primarily operates in a tiny fraction of the world’s 7,000 languages, leaving a huge portion of the global population behind. NVIDIA aims to fix this glaring blind spot, particularly within Europe. The company has just released a powerful new set of open-source tools aimed at giving developers the power

Alibaba is moving into the smart glasses market with a device powered by its own AI models, part of a wider $52.4 billion furthering of AI and cloud computing. The Quark AI Glasses marks the company’s first step into the wearables category and is due to launch in China by the end of 2025. The