Matt Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ and ‘hostile’ Covid inquiry

Matt Hancock has defended government deals to buy personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, saying the country was in a “desperate situation” at the time. In a bad-tempered session at the Covid inquiry, the former health secretary repeatedly criticised the line of questioning describing it as “naive”, “hostile” and “inappropriate”. He said he was…

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Nvidia shares hit record high on renewed AI optimism

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia shares hit a record high on Wednesday, marking a turnaround for the chip company following a rocky start to the year marked by US-China tensions over critical artificial intelligence technology. The US chip designer’s…

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Structured data response with Amazon Bedrock: Prompt Engineering and Tool Use

Generative AI is revolutionizing industries by streamlining operations and enabling innovation. While textual chat interactions with GenAI remain popular, real-world applications often depend on structured data for APIs, databases, data-driven workloads, and rich user interfaces. Structured data can also enhance conversational AI, enabling more reliable and actionable outputs. A key challenge is that LLMs (Large…

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