Artificial Intelligence washing: what UK directors and officers need to know

Artificial Intelligence washing is the practice of overstating or misrepresenting Artificial Intelligence capabilities. UK directors and officers face growing regulatory, compliance and insurance risks if public claims are unsubstantiated.
Generative artificial intelligence may spur headcount growth as tech c-suite expands

Generative artificial intelligence is reshaping business models and could also drive increases in headcount as technology executive ranks broaden.
The artificial intelligence chip showdown: Intel’s Gaudi accelerators challenge NVIDIA’s H-series dominance

Intel and NVIDIA are escalating a competition over artificial intelligence server chips, with Intel positioning Gaudi 3 as a cost-effective, open-standard alternative to NVIDIA’s H-series and Blackwell parts. The battle is reshaping choices for enterprises, hyperscalers, and startups while exposing software, supply and geopolitical fault lines.
China bans foreign Artificial Intelligence chips from state-funded data centres

China has issued guidance requiring new state-funded data centre projects to use only domestically made Artificial Intelligence chips, sources told Reuters. Projects less than 30% complete must remove installed foreign chips or cancel planned purchases.
Low-latency artificial intelligence model pioneer Inception raises funding led by Menlo Ventures

Inception Artificial Intelligence Inc., which builds ultra-fast large language models using diffusion, raised an undisclosed amount in a round led by Menlo Ventures with participation from several strategic investors.
Artificial intelligence detects suicide risk missed by standard assessments

Researchers at Touro University report that an Artificial intelligence tool using large language models detected signals of perceived suicide risk that standard multiple-choice assessments missed. The study applied Claude 3.5 Sonnet to audio interview responses and compared model outputs with participants’ self-rated likelihood of attempting suicide.
NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra NVL72 liquid cooling costs nearly $50,000

NVIDIA’s GB300 NVL72 Oberon racks use liquid cooling to handle extreme thermal loads from 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 32 Grace CPUs. A Morgan Stanley model estimates cooling hardware costs for the 72-GPU configuration at nearly $50,000.
From vibe coding to context engineering: Artificial Intelligence puts context at the center

2025 has shifted the software conversation from scale and speed to how systems handle context, as Artificial Intelligence tools expose the limits of vibe coding and drive new engineering practices.