Month: August 2026

The use of facial recognition technologies by UK police forces requires ‘significant improvements’ to ensure accountability and public trust, says data regulator

We speak to Starling Bank’s deputing CIO, Fred Laurent, about smart tools for the bank’s customer facing AI agent

Taps AI leader from Quantium.

Scotland forces councils to flag 50MW-plus datacentre bids to ministers within seven days, as mooted gigawatt campuses prove to be vapour or stall on grid connections

The bank plans to introduce AI skills on a regular basis to build out the capabilities of the Starling Assistant

For a few years, the number of girls choosing computing at GCSE was on the rise, but it has since seen a two-year drop

Computer Weekly speaks with PoliceAI – a national body set up to build, test and assure artificial intelligence models for policing contexts – about how it plans to approach the development and implementation of automated policing tools

Driven by AI, soaring datacentre demands require a UK national community impact framework. It must balance growth with transparency, grid readiness, and ratepayer protection

Part of a multi-year technology roadmap.

Pushes for single view of media audience and deeper insight.