A new House of Lords report says the UK government needs to better coordinate its artificial intelligence (AI) policy and the use of data and technology by national and local government. The main conclusions of the House of Lords Liaison Committee’s report, ‘AI in the UK: No Room for Complacency’, are that there is now … Read more
High-powered computers are back, but how do we deal with their thirst for energy? By the end of the 1980s, big iron was showing more than a touch of rust. Monster machines like the Cray-2 ruled supercomputing. It was an age when, supposedly, no-one got fired for buying IBM: Big Blue dominated enterprise computing with … Read more
Clever use of data to enhance the customer experience or invasion of privacy? It’s a fine line at the Magic Kingdom, but smiles usually win the day. Imagine living in a place where your every move is surveilled. A place created in the image of one almost mythological figure, where every step you take is … Read more