Shooting stars from the annual Perseids meteor shower have been lighting up night skies across the UK and around the world over the past few nights. The bright meteors are formed when dust particles fall from the Swift-Tuttle comet and burn up on entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomers at Astro Dog, a small Scarborough-based astronomy…
There has been a significant increase in the number of UK cases of a mosquito-borne virus that can cause sudden fever and joint pain and is normally only found in Africa and southern Asia. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says more than 70 cases of the chikungunya virus were reported in the first six…
OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments to its synthetic personality that many users have complained about. Before GPT-5, if the AI tool determined it couldn’t answer your prompt because the request violated OpenAI’s content guidelines, it would hit you with a…
Getty Images A firefighter tackling a fire in east London on Tuesday Cities across the UK are facing a growing threat from an emerging phenomenon called “firewaves” as temperatures rise due to climate change, scientists have warned. The term, coined by researchers at Imperial College London, describes multiple urban wildfires triggered by extended periods of…
Organizations are increasingly excited about the potential of AI agents, but many find themselves stuck in what we call “proof of concept purgatory”—where promising agent prototypes struggle to make the leap to production deployment. In our conversations with customers, we’ve heard consistent challenges that block the path from experimentation to enterprise-grade deployment: “Our developers want…
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images Drug treatment can help people newly diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to reduce their risk of substance misuse, suicidal behaviour, transport accidents and criminality, a study suggests. These issues are linked to common ADHD symptoms such as acting impulsively and becoming easily distracted. Some 5% of children…
Data analysis often presents significant challenges for business users who aren’t proficient in SQL. Traditional methods require technical expertise to query databases, leading to delayed insights and dependence on data teams. Many organizations struggle with making their data accessible to business users while maintaining the analytical capabilities of Amazon Athena. Modern AI agents are transforming…
Google is investing an additional $9 billion in Oklahoma within the next two years in cloud and AI infrastructure. This investment supports the development of a new data center campus in Stillwater and the expansion of our existing facility in Pryor, as well as expanded education and workforce development programs. As part of a broader…
This is a guest post co-written with Scott Likens, Ambuj Gupta, Adam Hood, Chantal Hudson, Priyanka Mukhopadhyay, Deniz Konak Ozturk, and Kevin Paul from PwC Organizations are deploying generative AI solutions while balancing accuracy, security, and compliance. In this globally competitive environment, scale matters less, speed matters more, and innovation matters most of all, according…
AI assistants that forget what you told them 5 minutes ago aren’t very helpful. While large language models (LLMs) excel at generating human-like responses, they are fundamentally stateless—they don’t retain information between interactions. This forces developers to build custom memory systems to track conversation history, remember user preferences, and maintain context across sessions, often solving…
