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Aaron Hurst is Information Age's senior reporter, providing news and features around the hottest trends across the tech industry.

AI & Machine Learning

AGI hardware in progress to speed up development of artificial general intelligence

Decentralised AI network SingularityNET and chip vendor Simuli.ai have partnered with the aim of creating more advanced artificial general intelligence (AGI) development hardware

AI & Machine Learning

US government requests public guidance on AI transparency regulation

The US Government and the BBC are scrutinising the transparency of generative AI, with regulation of the trending technology being explored

People Moves

Advanced appoints Simon Walsh as new CEO

UK software and services vendor Advanced has turned to former NTT Americas CEO Simon Walsh to take the lead of all operations

Generative AI

Alibaba joins generative AI race, as calls to stop development continue

While Chinese tech corporation Alibaba has launched its new chatbot Tongyi Qianwen, developers and the public are calling for a temporary cool-off on AI R&D

Recruitment

Three in four UK tech workers dissatisfied with their roles

Hackajob research has revealed that most (77 per cent) tech workers in the UK are dissatisfied at work, and are actively seeking new jobs

Cloud & Edge Computing

Ofcom proposes relaying of cloud market regulation to CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been asked by Ofcom to take over investigation of the UK cloud market

Generative AI

AWS launches generative AI accelerator for global startups

The new global Generative AI Accelerator initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) invites 10 startups to scale and grow operations involving the technology

Cybersecurity

World Backup Day 2023: how businesses can mitigate a data disaster

On World Backup Day, we explore how organisations can optimise their backup and recovery strategies, to properly protect against data loss

Digital Transformation

WIT Interview: Dr Swati Murthy, Tata Consultancy Services

Dr Swati Murthy, strategic collaborations for sustainability lead at TCS and Digital Transformation Leader of the Year at the 2023 Women in IT Awards UK, spoke to Information Age about her achievements in tech, including leading sustainability initiatives

Business Skills

How CIOs can mitigate IT employee fatigue

Gartner has identified four ways in which chief information officers (CIOs) can go about mitigating IT employee fatigue, to effectively retain talent

AI & Machine Learning

AI ethics staff layoffs across big tech bring safety concerns

Layoffs at an array of big tech corporations affecting responsible AI personnel have raised concerns around long-term safety

AI & Machine Learning

UK government announces AI white paper to guide innovation

The government announcement of a national white paper for AI innovation states an aim to "supercharge growth" across the UK