Keir Starmer’s AI tsar to step down after six months in role Matt Clifford, a tech investor who wrote government’s controversial AI action plan, to resign for personal reasons
BBC threatens legal action against AI startup over content scraping Letter sent to Perplexity AI but US-based firm calls corporation’s claims ‘manipulative and opportunistic’
UK Uber drivers’ earnings cut after changes to secretive algorithm Introduction of ‘dynamic pricing’ also coincided with company raising trip prices, researchers finds
OpenAI boss accuses Meta of trying to poach staff with $100m sign-on bonuses Sam Altman describes offer from Mark Zuckerberg’s company as ‘crazy’, as scramble for talent intensifies
Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years Andrew Jassy tells white collar workers that such technology means fewer people will be needed for some jobs
AI could lead to more job cuts at BT, says chief executive Allison Kirkby wants to streamline telecoms company, which is already planning to shed 55,000 workers
Policymakers who think AI can help rescue flagging UK economy should take heed Healthy scepticism is needed because flaw is that large language models remain prone to casually making things up
‘We’re being attacked all the time’: how UK banks stop hackers Devastating attacks at M&S, the Co-op and Harrods highlight risks as lenders say cybersecurity is biggest expense
Tui says ‘overtourism’ is fault of short-term let companies not hotel industry Travel operator hits back at Airbnb’s claim that it is being made a ‘scapegoat’ for problems in some holiday hotspots
BYD launches cheapest UK model in bid to overtake Tesla as biggest electric carmaker Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650 – among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain
‘They went too far’: Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump Tesla share price rises as former Doge head seems to retreat from feud and president welcomes apparent apology
Entrepreneur ‘humiliated’ after London Tech Week turns her and baby away Davina Schonle prevented from entering event with eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings for tech startup
‘They’re living in fantasy land’: Uber to trial self-driving taxis in London next spring Partnership with Wayve will use cars without a human safety driver onboard for the first time in Europe
M&S resumes online orders six weeks after cyber-attack Retailer estimated to have lost about £25m a week after it was forced to pause online shopping
Takeover fever grips City as three UK firms receive US offers Alphawave, Oxford Ionics and Spectris targeted as flagging share prices leave British companies vulnerable