Of 2,023 UK workers PwC surveyed, 56% used AI at work last year, short of 64% globally. AI users say quality improved, yet 44% report a heavier workload.

Accenture expects 3% to 6% growth in fiscal 2027, above forecasts, and plans about $5bn of acquisitions. Cognizant, IBM, Wipro and Infosys shares rose too.

OpenAI says three researchers broke its rules on sensitive information, including work tied to an outside evaluator, as its rogue-agent review reaches 100+ groups.

A Reuters review of Anthropic's prospectus finds a convertible Broadcom facility that could fund about a third of a $125.2bn five-year TPU lease commitment.

The force takes over 1,000 calls a day on 101, with some callers waiting 20 minutes or more. Bobbi answers routine questions but cannot take crime reports.

Anthropic says Barclays will extend Claude across the bank. Usage figures for its staff assistant and markets email triage come from the vendor's announcement.

Britain's AI Security Institute says new sandbox layers, an LLM monitor and offline test design let it restart most evaluations, but warns the risk is not gone.

A Dumfries and Galloway application for eight data centres would top the world's biggest campus. Campaigners call it a challenge to Scotland's planning pause.

PwC surveyed 2,023 UK workers: 44% name economic volatility as the biggest risk to their jobs, 37% name AI. Only half of skills-confident staff have training access.

Deloitte UK's revenue reached £5.81bn, its advisory unit stopped shrinking and it hired 3,500 people, as Darren Graves argued AI will not replace experience.

Green and SDLP councillors in Belfast criticised Stormont's draft AI strategy over data centre energy costs and weak legal footing, leaving no agreed council reply.

Astra scores on coding and computer use at one-fifth of Astra's token prices, a day after the company shelved GPT-6.1 Astra.