Exclusive: The Guardian revealed 29 hospital trusts were not or hardly using the controversial patient data techNHS England has deleted a claim from its website stating 137 hospital trusts are benefiting from Palantir’s AI health data system after the Guardian revealed 29 of them were not using all or most of the controversial technology.Health bosses had published a list of all the NHS bodies “live” with and “realising benefits” from the AI-powered federated data platform (FDP), a system set up to improve patient outcomes, boost operating theatre efficiency and speed up bed discharges. But after 29 trusts said it was either not live or they were not using any of its applications, the original list of hospitals appears to have been taken down. Continue reading...
It is built of wood, resembles an Ikea and its power is totally renewable. Plus, it was built with the local community in mind. Is this facility in Falun the best datacentre in the world?‘It was pretty cool, when they were building it. It looked like a very large Ikea,” says John Wernvik, of EcoDataCenter. He is giving me a tour of their facility in Falun, Sweden, which could lay claim to being the world’s greenest datacentre – although to many, that is a contradiction in terms.One difference is immediately visible: this datacentre is made out of wood. Huge panels of cross-laminated timber arrived at the site pre-cut, and were assembled by crane according to instructions, like flatpack furniture. Aesthetically, this section of the datacentre is more like an Ikea before the fit-out, a cavernous, echoey, immaculately clean hangar. The wood is not EcoDataCenter’s only claim to sustainability; it is more than just cosmetic, says Wernvik, the company’s chief external relations and sustainability officer. “Compared with a traditional datacentre built with steel and concrete, we lower the embodied carbon of the full structure by three times.” With a complex the size of a football pitch, that is a lot of wood, but, says Wernvik, “the amount of timber one of our datacentres uses takes the Swedish forest about 10 to 15 minutes to grow back”. Continue reading...
Meeting comes after CEO admitted to having a relationship with a woman who is alleged to be a Chinese spyBusiness live – latest updatesNvidia’s board of directors met on Wednesday to decide whether to oust Jensen Huang as CEO of the world’s most valuable chip company, according to reports, after a tumultuous week in which the executive and co-founder of the company admitted to having a romantic relationship with a woman who is alleged to be a Chinese spy.The meeting marks a sharp shift from Sunday, when Nvidia’s board expressed confidence in Huang and his leadership team. However, Huang’s position became more tenuous late on Wednesday after it was reported by the New York Times that Huang had a separate extramarital affair with a company employee named Kimberly Powell. She was Nvidia’s president of healthcare and was reportedly captured on video being affectionate with Huang at a hotel during a company conference in March. Continue reading...
AI is giving intelligence agencies new capabilities to sift and analyse communications on a previously unimaginable scale. What safeguards are being applied to protect individuals and to ensure UK’s agencies don’t go beyond their lawful powers?
A former subpostmaster is appealing a 1998 conviction that was based on evidence from the Post Office’s faulty Capture system
Workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth launches best practice guide on AI adoption after Qantas and Canva job cutsGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastEntry-level jobs will be the first to be automated due to AI, but it could mean fewer hours and higher wages for ordinary workers – or make jobs tougher with more burnout and workplace surveillance – the government has warned employers.While major companies like Qantas and Canva slash their workforces in restructures spurred by AI changes, workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth said employers must give workers “a clear plan” about how automation could affect their jobs, and the opportunity to move into new roles.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...
Forescout’s Vedere Labs has shown AI can cut bug-finding time dramatically, including those common in critical infrastructure
Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checksPolice officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found.Although the technology can help fight crime, the report found it is beset by errors and biases, and operators do not always realise they must make further inquiries to verify the data. Continue reading...
The investigatory powers commissioner, Lord Leveson, talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges of overseeing the UK’s surveillance capabilities, candour and the impact of artificial intelligence
181GW of gas-fired capacity proposed for sites in US and Europe because of delays in connecting to national grids, says reportDevelopers of AI datacentres plan to build on-site climate-destroying gas power stations on a huge scale to meet their energy demands, research reveals.Datacentres planned across the US, the UK and mainland Europe have proposals to build fossil fuel plants on-site to create 181GW of gas-fired capacity because of delays to connect to national grids, according to the findings. This is almost four times the total peak electricity demand of Great Britain. Continue reading...
Post Office Horizon scandal statutory public inquiry report will be published ‘very soon’, according to report
A generator controller wired to the wrong side of a switch meant backup power never started, so UPS batteries drained and the London region went dark for six hours
Western military forces increasingly worried Chinese-made technology could send sensitive information to BeijingGermany has banned commercially available Chinese-made drones from its military bases and training grounds due to security concerns, according to reports.Western military forces have grown increasingly concerned that Chinese-made technology could pose a security risk and may be used to transmit sensitive information to Beijing. Continue reading...
The event brought together global telecoms leaders, policymakers and technology companies as Qatar seeks to expand its digital economy, strengthen regional connectivity and turn investments in AI and infrastructure into international business opportunities
Regulations under consideration could affect up to 150 platforms, including LegoPlay, Spotify and eBay, sources sayA substantial expansion of the social media ban for under-16s could inadvertently lead to a ban on YouTube Kids and other sites that had been thought exempt, sources briefed on the government’s proposals have said.One source close to the talks said the regulations now under consideration meant up to 150 platforms, including games platforms such as Lego Play, could be covered by the ban, which is set to come into force in March. Continue reading...