October 2025

The AI adoption in China has reached unprecedented levels, with the country’s generative artificial intelligence user base doubling to 515 million in just six months, according to a report released by the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC).  This dramatic expansion represents an adoption rate of 36.5% in the first half of 2025, positioning China […]

Arm has announced that it’s providing its most powerful edge AI platform, Armv9, to startups via its Flexible Access programme. The “Flexible Access” model is essentially a ‘try before you buy’ for chip designers. It gives companies upfront, low-cost, or no-cost (for qualifying startups) access to a wide range of Arm technology, tools, and resources.

Google has announced DeepSomatic, an AI tool that can identify cancer-related mutations in tumour genetic sequences more accurately. Cancer starts when the controls governing cell division malfunction. Finding the specific genetic mutations driving a tumour’s growth is essential for creating effective treatment plans. Doctors now regularly sequence tumour cell genomes from biopsies to inform treatments

The surge of multi-billion-dollar investments in AI has sparked growing debate over whether the industry is heading for a bubble similar to the dot-com boom. Investors are watching closely for signs that enthusiasm might be fading or that the heavy spending on infrastructure and chips is failing to deliver expected returns. A recent survey by

The South Korean government spent 1.2 trillion won ($850m) on developing AI textbooks for schools, but the national programme has been rolled back after just four months, amid allegations of inaccurate texts, concerns about privacy, and increased workloads on staff and pupils. Writing in Rest Of World, journalist Junhyup Kwon quotes a student as saying,

Ant Group has entered the trillion-parameter AI model arena with Ling-1T, a newly open-sourced language model that the Chinese fintech giant positions as a breakthrough in balancing computational efficiency with advanced reasoning capabilities. The October 9 announcement marks a significant milestone for the Alipay operator, which has been rapidly building out its artificial intelligence infrastructure across multiple

Healthcare regulator MHRA is fast-tracking new AI tools that promise to dramatically improve patient care.  The wait for medical test results can stretch from days, to weeks, or even months. That wait period is often filled with worry and it always feels like an eternity. But what if that wait could be cut from weeks

Oracle and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to make enterprise AI services more available, powerful, and practical. The announcements, made during Oracle AI World, cover everything from monstrously powerful new hardware to deeply integrated software that aims to put AI at the very core of a company’s data. Ian Buck, VP of Hyperscale and High-Performance

In a cement plant operated by Conch Group, an agentic AI system built on Huawei infrastructure now predicts the strength of clinker with over 90% accuracy and autonomously adjusts calcination parameters to cut coal consumption by 1%—decisions that previously required human expertise accumulated over decades This exemplifies how Huawei is developing agentic AI systems that

If you’ve ever thought companies talk more than act when it comes to their AI strategy, a new Cisco report backs you up. It turns out that just 13 percent globally are actually prepared for the AI revolution. However, this small group – which Cisco calls the ‘Pacesetters’ – are lapping the competition. The third