UK lining up huge AI data center investments
There’s a lot of buzz around OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, who are expected to announce massive UK-based infrastructure deals during President Trump’s state visit. The government is pitching in energy resources, Nvidia’s bringing the silicon, and OpenAI provides the tooling layer. A pretty heavyweight triangle.
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Government coders are finding AI saves serious time
In a big trial across UK departments, AI coding assistants freed up close to an hour per developer per day. That shakes out to something like 28 working days over the year. Still, worth noting - most of the AI-written code needed edits, and only about 15% went straight in untouched.
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OpenAI deepens ties with safety watchdogs
The company is tightening collaboration with the US CAISI and the UK’s AISI, doubling down on red-teaming, stress tests, and security reviews. The focus right now seems to be on “agentic” AI - systems that take initiative without hand-holding - which is where a lot of risk chatter is circling.
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AI now part of the factory floor, but skills gap bites
A Xometry survey says most manufacturers see AI as central to supply chains and quality control. Problem is, nearly half admit they don’t have enough skilled workers to actually make it run smoothly. The gap between tech rollout and trained staff seems to be getting wider, not narrower.
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Hassabis reminds everyone: adaptability > memorization
Demis Hassabis (DeepMind) popped up again, arguing that “learning how to learn” will matter more than static skills as AI reshapes industries. He also floated the idea that AGI could arrive within the next decade, which is ambitious but not exactly out of character.
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