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Last week, Futurescot and Storm ID wrapped up a series of three information and guidance webinars for organisations considering an entry to the 2026 AI Challenge. The sessions covered Scottish Local Government,... The post Scotland’s public sector is ready for the AI Challenge – and the webinars proved it appeared first on FutureScot.
Scotland’s public sector needs to be ‘rewired’ to drive improvements and protect services for future generations, a Scottish Government minister has said. Ivan McKee, cabinet secretary for public service reform,... The post Public sector needs to be ‘rewired’ says minister ahead of crunch debate appeared first on FutureScot.
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Anthropic’s Fable 5 is a major leap in frontier AI, but the bigger shift is what it asks of users: less prompting for small tasks, more imagination about what can now be delegated to agents for hours or days at a time. In the headlines: Fable’s guardrails spark backlash, enterprise retention concerns emerge, and OpenAI hints it may have an answer coming.Check out the new https://aidailybrief.ai/Brought to you by:KPMG – Research from KPMG and the University of Texas at Austin shows the highest-
Public sector leaders gathered in Glasgow on Monday to hear from the new cabinet secretary charged with reforming public services. Ivan McKee, formerly public finance minister and now the Public... The post Public sector leaders gather to hear from new ‘reform’ minister at event in Glasgow appeared first on FutureScot.
The much anticipated launch of the Mythos-class model was marred by some controversial usage policies
OpenAI says it is entering a new phase focused on automated AI research, broad access, and turning frontier capability into tools people can actually use. But the bigger question is whether “AI” is now splitting into two very different categories: consumer AI and work AI. In the headlines: OpenAI files to go public, SpaceX pushes space data centers, Intel gets an AI chip opening, and Washington’s AI regulation debate heats up.Brought to you by:KPMG – Research from KPMG and the University of Texa
Falkirk could be the host of one of the largest datacentres in the UK with plans submitted for a 300 megawatt facility on a disused commercial site on the outskirts... The post Falkirk could be site of one of largest datacentres in the UK – with plans for development submitted to council appeared first on FutureScot.
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ChatGPT’s rumored “super app” overhaul isn’t just an IPO story — it’s a sign that AI use is shifting from chat to agents, coding tools, and loops. The result is a widening advantage gap between casual users and power users, with agent users seeing compounding gains while regular chat users stay linear. In the headlines: Trump explores government stakes in AI labs, Google rents SpaceX compute, and NVIDIA secures SK Hynix memory supply.Brought to you by:KPMG – Research from KPMG and the University
Tech giants will face a new law if they fail to act on protecting children from explicit imagery online, the prime minister said today. Keir Starmer called for tech firms... The post Tech giants to face new law if they fail to act on protecting children from sexual imagery, says PM appeared first on FutureScot.