Gardening leave is choking Britain’s economy. Time to dig it up? thetimes.com/business/econom…

James Crook, from Eastbourne, led the aerodynamic development of the new Tesla Roadster, working for a company where ‘the only limitation is physics’ thetimes.com/business/techno…

THE MOST EPIC DEMO EVER….How a British F1 engineer helped to build @elonmusk flying car thetimes.com/business/techno…

Lately I've been thinking a lot about mathematicians What does it feel like to be surpassed by AI? What does it do to your sense of self? Your beliefs about your work? About the future? So we found some of the world's best mathematicians and asked them A chronicle of a moment in history:

You can tell Ozempic and Mounjaro are popular…in our Timpson shops we have seen a 680% increase in the number of free holes in customers belts we’ve been doing this year.

Bill Gates blames a vacuum of leadership from the US for a lack of international coordination on AI. Our exclusive interview with him for The Times Tech podcast is worth your time: youtube.com/watch?v=5rmhBw73…

Should We Believe the AI Doomsday Warnings? The latest episode of Times Tech youtu.be/IRkfVzguI4U?is=y0d1…

We're publishing our most detailed threat intelligence report to date. It covers how people tried to misuse Claude—for cyberattacks, influence operations, surveillance, biology, and building weapons—and how we found and stopped them. We disrupted every operation in the report, and used the lessons from them to strengthen our safeguards. Where appropriate, we also shared what we found with authorities and other AI companies. These cases are not typical: we’re highlighting some of the most sophisticated misuse we’ve seen. But they’re especially important to discuss, because they show us where AI misuse is headed, where our safeguards work, and where they need to improve. We’re publishing this report so others can spot the same activity on their own platforms, and so we can give the public a clearer view of how emerging threats develop. Read the report: anthropic.com/threat-intelli…

Lest we forget - tech is deeply political. Here's Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez on why democracies need to control their own AI. youtu.be/J3Eh41X77Sc?si=R1lu…

Just when you thought this episode of the NewsAgents from the Reform Party Conf couldn’t get any better.....it ends with @lewis_goodall going toe to toe with Arron Banks 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/1GQ…

Had the pleasure of speaking with @kprescott on 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 @thetimes about where AI security is heading. We talked about why I’m optimistic in the long run, but also why in the shorter term, defense must keep up with the pace at which model capabilities are jumping.

Meta is on trial again in California over child safety. @dannyfortson and @kprescott explain how it could change Facebook and Instagram forever. Listen to The Times Tech podcast: pod.fo/e/562802 Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Today @SciTechgovuk launched two things to help British businesses: 1. The selection process for the site of the £750m heterogenous supercomputer (announced in DSIT’s AI hardware plan just a few weeks ago.) The tech business editor of the Times @kprescott pointed out how big of a deal this is: “£750 million — is for a new supercomputer, known as “heterogeneous”, which combines different types of chips, so it is not dependent on one provider. This is a real game-changer and very different from the UK’s 100 per cent Nvidia-powered Isambard supercomputer, which opened last July. In addition, British start-ups are capitalising on this push for sovereignty with technical solutions playing on this “heterogeneous” system.” 2. The cloud access call that invites British SMEs to apply for £400,000 of cloud compute for AI R&D activity. Excited to see what our amazing startups will do with this! Hats off to the brilliant AIRR team at DSIT who work so hard (and fast!) to make a difference for Britain. gov.uk/government/publicatio… thetimes.com/business/techno… gov.uk/government/publicatio…

As global backlash grows against ‘large ugly sheds’ being built in communities, on The Times Tech podcast @kprescott and @dannyfortson look at ideas for making data centers more functional and ‘beautiful’. Listen to The Times Tech podcast: pod.fo/e/4463ed

This story has reignited questions about how breastfeeding mothers should be accommodated in professional settings....and got our comments board going thetimes.com/article/ca315ae…

Fascinating interview with @KanishkaNarayan where he lays out in stark terms the UK's strengths and weaknesses in AI and what should be done about them Particularly struck by this bit. Very clear and thoughtful

Five Eyes warns powerful AI could soon threaten governments. @dannyfortson and @kprescott discuss how AI is becoming a geopolitical arms race Listen to The Times Tech Podcast here: podfollow.com/times-tech-pod…

Ever fancied building your own AI agent? We try to explain it! Cracking episode of @thetimes tech podcast with @dannyfortson, feat. @levie pod.fo/e/4056a8

Anthropic is hiring a for a role in London that will be paid up to £630k A YEAR. This excludes stock options. For a long time the UK has been seen a location for cheap offshore talent. There's nothing cheap about a 7-figure package for a researcher (the role is Research Engineer, Science of Scaling). I've been celebrating the recent OpenAI and Anthropic expansions in London. However, in reality, they may end up pricing out, or poaching talent from, some of the capital's home grown companies. Great article in @thetimes from @kprescott all about this linked below

I've been talking to policymakers about this reality for the past two years and I'm glad that more people are writing about it: while the US and Europe bicker, China is quietly winning the AI race, especially on open weight models: thetimes.com/business/techno… via @kprescott