https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/ai/ The latest Flip News stories on AI. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:22 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/business/2026-10-01-0300-micron-q4-earnings/ https://flipnews.co.uk/business/2026-10-01-0300-micron-q4-earnings/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Micron Technology reported record fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $54.23 billion and adjusted earnings of $33.42 a share, with full-year revenue hitting $133.19 billion on surging AI memory demand. James Calloway micron earnings semiconductors AI memory chips stock market Micron Technology (official press release) https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bee-cheng-hiang-ai-data-breach/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bee-cheng-hiang-ai-data-breach/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Singapore's data-protection watchdog says a bad AI prompt exposed nearly 100,000 Bee Cheng Hiang customer email addresses — the first AI-related data breach it has been notified of. James Calloway AI data breach Singapore PDPC Channel News Asia https://flipnews.co.uk/business/asia-share-sales-record-ai-boom/ https://flipnews.co.uk/business/asia-share-sales-record-ai-boom/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:30:00 GMT Asia-Pacific companies raised $327.1 billion in equity deals this year, up 53%, and bankers expect the AI-driven pipeline to challenge the 2021 record. Priya Raman asia markets IPO AI Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/business/eliseai-raises-350m/ https://flipnews.co.uk/business/eliseai-raises-350m/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT EliseAI has raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, to push AI deeper into housing and healthcare operations. James Calloway EliseAI AI funding housing healthcare venture capital GlobeNewswire https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/amd-acquires-world-labs-8-2bn/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/amd-acquires-world-labs-8-2bn/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AMD has agreed to buy AI research lab World Labs in an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion, with founder Fei-Fei Li set to join the chipmaker as executive vice president and chief scientist. Priya Raman AMD World Labs Fei-Fei Li AI acquisitions Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/visa-open-sources-ai-cyber-defence/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/visa-open-sources-ai-cyber-defence/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Visa has open-sourced part of its AI-powered cyber defence system after AI models exposed weaknesses, with technology chief Rajat Taneja warning of coming autonomous AI attacks and quantum threats. James Calloway Visa cybersecurity AI open source payments Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/business/nvidia-150bn-share-buyback/ https://flipnews.co.uk/business/nvidia-150bn-share-buyback/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:55:00 GMT Nvidia has authorised an additional $150bn of share repurchases, the largest increase in authorisation on record, taking its remaining buyback firepower to $235bn. James Calloway Nvidia share buyback AI stock market Jensen Huang Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/celebrity/tendulkar-openai-partnership/ https://flipnews.co.uk/celebrity/tendulkar-openai-partnership/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:45:00 GMT Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has announced a partnership with OpenAI, saying he wants to discover new ways to use ChatGPT and encourage others to try the technology. Maya Lindqvist Sachin Tendulkar OpenAI ChatGPT cricket AI Free Press Journal / Business Today https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bill-gates-ai-legislation-call-congress/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bill-gates-ai-legislation-call-congress/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT In a taped NBC 'Meet the Press' interview that aired on Sunday, Bill Gates called for US legislation on AI safeguards, directly rebutting Donald Trump's dismissal of new AI laws as a 'hoax'. Tom Ellery Bill Gates AI artificial intelligence AI regulation Congress Donald Trump Reuters; NDTV; Business Day; Free Malaysia Today https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bill-gates-ai-safeguards-legislation-meet-the-press/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bill-gates-ai-safeguards-legislation-meet-the-press/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:25:00 GMT Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told NBC's Meet the Press that AI needs safeguards beyond self-regulation and called for legislation in the US Congress. Tom Ellery AI Bill Gates regulation US Congress Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/business/nscale-secures-3-36b-convertible-financing-before-us-ipo/ https://flipnews.co.uk/business/nscale-secures-3-36b-convertible-financing-before-us-ipo/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT British neocloud Nscale has secured $3.36 billion in convertible financing ahead of its US IPO, with $2.36 billion available immediately and $1 billion from Nvidia due in November. James Calloway Nscale AI IPO datacentres TechCrunch https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/singapore-unc3886-cyber-strategy-ai-tools/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/singapore-unc3886-cyber-strategy-ai-tools/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Singapore's Cyber Security Agency has developed and deployed in-house AI tools to secure around 2,000 government systems, shifting from perimeter defence to active threat hunting after state-sponsored group UNC3886 attacked the country's four major telcos. Tom Ellery Singapore cybersecurity UNC3886 AI CSA The Straits Times https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/renfe-cyberattack-ai-adif-breach/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/renfe-cyberattack-ai-adif-breach/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Spanish rail operator Renfe said on Friday it suffered a cyberattack that compromised customer names and email addresses; El Mundo reports a criminal group used AI in what would be the first such attack on a Spanish public company's website. Tom Ellery cybersecurity Spain Renfe Adif AI data breach Renfe (via Demócrata) https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/trump-bessent-not-super-intelligence-czar/ https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/trump-bessent-not-super-intelligence-czar/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trump ruled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for his planned "super intelligence" czar role, saying Bessent does not want the post and that he wants him kept at the Treasury. James Calloway Trump AI Bessent White House Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/entertainment/goncourt-prize-drops-orelien-novel-ai-accusations/ https://flipnews.co.uk/entertainment/goncourt-prize-drops-orelien-novel-ai-accusations/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:10:00 GMT France's Académie Goncourt has removed Thelyson Orelien's smash-hit debut novel from its longlist after accusations the book was written with AI — claims the Haitian-Canadian author denies, calling the campaign racially motivated. Maya Lindqvist Prix Goncourt Thelyson Orelien AI literature plagiarism Académie Goncourt Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/pentagon-ai-lie-detector/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/pentagon-ai-lie-detector/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:38:00 GMT The Pentagon is seeking $30.3 million over five years for Polygraph+, an AI-driven lie detector using standoff sensing that critics call misguided. Tom Ellery Pentagon lie detector AI polygraph MIT Technology Review https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bill-gates-ai-billion-deaths-warning/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/bill-gates-ai-billion-deaths-warning/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Microsoft co-founder told NBC's Meet the Press that AI is 'powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths', and said government oversight must be mandatory. Sarah Whitfield AI Bill Gates artificial intelligence regulation Microsoft Forbes https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/dogan-bailed-above-playground-victims-grossly-failed/ https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/dogan-bailed-above-playground-victims-grossly-failed/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT London's Victims' Commissioner says victims and their families were "grossly failed" after a convicted voyeur who used AI to create nude images of children was bailed to a flat overlooking a playground. James Calloway UK Met Police bail AI child safety BBC News https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/ofcom-ai-telecoms-rules/ https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/ofcom-ai-telecoms-rules/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ofcom says existing consumer rules are enough to govern AI in telecoms for now, while publishing research showing 8% of online UK adults use AI to manage broadband and mobile services. James Calloway Ofcom AI telecoms regulation broadband consumer Ofcom https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/met-chief-attacks-courts-paedophile-bail/ https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/met-chief-attacks-courts-paedophile-bail/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:25:00 GMT Sir Mark Rowley publicly attacked the justice system after a man who used AI to create sexualised images of women and children was bailed to a flat overlooking a playground. James Calloway Metropolitan Police Mark Rowley courts bail AI Press Association https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/china-soe-ai-manufacturing-push/ https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/china-soe-ai-manufacturing-push/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Beijing's state-asset regulator wants central state-owned firms to put AI into every part of manufacturing — research, production and management — with stronger funding and performance incentives to get there. Priya Raman China AI manufacturing SASAC state-owned enterprises MLex