London Tech Week: Barclays partners with Microsoft in major AI roll-out June 9, 2025 Barclays is set to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 100,000 employees worldwide, in one of the largest known deployments of generative AI tools in the banking sector to date. The announcement was made at London Tech Week by Microsoft’s UK chief, Darren Hardman, who signalled a major step in embedding the technology into day-to-day operations in [...]
Former Freshfields lawyers AI legal tech raises $30m in funding round June 9, 2025 An AI-powered legal tech company founded by two former associates from Freshfields has raised $30m (£22.1m) in Series B funding
Spear guns, knuckle dusters and machetes: The ‘prohibited items’ at London Tech Week June 9, 2025 London Tech Week 2025 opened with appearances from Sir Keir Starmer and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, but attendees got a bigger surprise from a sign at the door outlining “prohibited items” at the event. Morning Wire has seen a list ranging from spear guns and tear gas to knuckle dusters, nun-chucks and machetes, that looked [...]
Getty Images v Stability AI trial kicks off in London June 9, 2025 Getty Images closely-watched copyright lawsuit against UK-based Stability AI gets underway at High Court
London Tech Week: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Keir Starmer unveil AI push June 9, 2025 Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and Keir Starmer unveiled a major AI push at London Tech Week this morning. The two figureheads have unveiled a range of changes to boost Britain’s AI infrastructure, research and industrial capacity, to help the UK become an “AI maker, not an AI taker.” US chip maker Nvidia, a leading player [...]
Klarna boss: AI will lead to recession and mass job losses June 7, 2025 The introduction of AI at firms could lead to a recession due to mass job losses of professionals, Klarna’s chief executive has warned. The use of AI to make work more efficient has been encouraged by leading figures, including the government itself which said it could save civil servants two weeks a year. But fintech [...]
Has Klarna’s buy now, pay later bubble burst? June 6, 2025 Buy now, pay later services have exploded in the last decade and industry titan Klarna has spearheaded growth. The global BNPL market is expected to top $560.1bn (£412.8bn) in 2025 with 13.7 per cent annual growth. Swedish fintech Klarna has historically dominated the space, notching a net operating income of $1.087bn in 2020. The firm [...]
David Lammy: ‘Technology is the frontline of geopolitics’ as Foreign Office teams up with Big Four giants June 5, 2025 “It is essential" that firms such as the Big Four and UK government "work together", Foreign Secretary tells Morning Wire as his focus shifts to AI.
ABBA legend reveals his one rule for making AI music at SXSW London event June 4, 2025 ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus, who has leaned into music’s technological revolution through his ABBA Voyage hologram show and his campaigning work around music and AI, has said that while he uses AI to make music, it’s essential to rely on a sense of “inner direction” to make sure the music is high quality. It comes [...]
Canva’s AI gambit rekindles the human cost debate June 4, 2025 When Canva announced in April that it was cutting the headcount of its technical writing team, the decision surprised many in the industry. The move came just months after the Australian tech giant had strongly encouraged employees to integrate generative AI tools into their daily workflows – a push that, for some, felt like a [...]