Wayve and Uber have launched autonomous passenger rides across London. The supervised service places British-developed AI driving technology into commercial ride-hailing journeys for the first time in the UK.

Matt Clifford is joining Anthropic to lead its international affairs. The former UK government adviser takes the role as frontier AI developers deepen their exposure to regulation, infrastructure policy, public procurement, and government scrutiny.

Britain has opened four AI competitions worth £100 million today. The procurement scheme targets NHS productivity, computing efficiency, defence integration, and AI-agent security while allowing successful British technology companies to retain intellectual property.

Barnsley is testing practical AI training linked directly to employment. Two new programmes combine paid placements, learning linked to Level 4, and job search support as the town develops its role as a national technology skills test bed.

AI investment may raise inflation before productivity gains arrive. Research involving incoming IMF chief economist Silvana Tenreyro highlights the demand and infrastructure pressures created during large-scale technology adoption.

London startup Callosum has raised $100m for AI infrastructure. Atomico led the seed round, with Britain’s Sovereign AI fund also backing the company’s compute-orchestration technology.

Major banks are adopting specialist AI for currency forecasting. Ant International says its upgraded model can improve liquidity decisions and materially reduce foreign-exchange hedging and allocation costs.

UK businesses report AI creating jobs while skills investment rises. Lloyds research finds 54% say AI has generated new roles, while 58% plan to increase workforce training spending over the next year.

Enterprise AI spending is rising faster than organisational readiness worldwide. Alteryx research finds 53% of technology leaders struggle to translate business context into AI workflows, while only 18% report fully self-service cloud-data access.

Lanarkshire’s AI infrastructure build has secured a £300m financing package. A £202m National Wealth Fund guarantee is supporting DataVita’s expansion, while Dell Technologies will establish its Scottish team at the developing AI Innovation Park.