If you ever worked with Office 97, you’ll remember Microsoft’s iconic assistant Clippy. The animated AI-based paperclip would pop up in your document and offer to help you format whatever you were working on. Clippy would analyse and structure words in your document and help you format it according to what you were working on. For example, if anything vaguely resembled a resume, you would be prompted with “It looks like you’re writing a resume! Perhaps a resume template will help?”. 

Research from BenchSci has revealed new insights into the attitudes and preferences of AI, machine learning, and data professionals in the UK when looking for new employment opportunities.

Thanks to the latest developments in Generative AI, by the end of the year marketers could find themselves in a position where their campaigns, blogs and even emails can virtually write themselves. The consensus too is that this marks an initial step in the journey to a much wider industry shift towards AI-based functionality. But what exactly does this mean for the future of key marketing? Here, Alistair Dent, Chief Strategy Officer at  Profusion explores this evolving development and some of the key pros and cons to consider.

Stix Mindfulness, a startup founded by father and son duo John and Liam, has launched an innovative solution to support children's mental health & wellbeing through interactive technology.

Technology is intertwining between business and personal lives and is changing exponentially. It’s crucial that businesses have an effective digital transformation strategy to achieve long-term goals, satisfy customers and spearhead growth. This involves adopting digital technology to digitise non-digital products, services or operations. By 2025, global digital transformation spending is forecast to reach $3.4 trillion.

 Almost half of retail investors in the UK do not have a good understanding of the taxes they must pay on their investments, research from Shojin has revealed.

Tramshed Tech’s flagship Startup Academy is a free 10-week tri-annual programme designed to support early-stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs in tech, digital and creative industries.

Aiimi today announced that Gigaclear has adopted the Aiimi Insight Engine to deliver advanced data privacy and compliance capabilities.

EDBM is looking to attract startups and SMEs to invest in their country and the incentives they would receive for doing so. It should be of interest to all businesses across all sectors but especially to exporters or those looking to access markets in Africa. Hear from Sachin Mohabeer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Board [EDB] of Mauritius.

Monday 20 March 2023, in celebration of World Happiness Day and with burnout on the rise worldwide, a new start-up launches Happy Shifting Gym, offering “Flat-packed happiness” – real-world happiness that anyone can build for themselves.

During one year of Ukraine's resilience, in-house businesses do their best to support its economy. IT sector's no exception.

FrontM, the “Intelligent Collaboration. Anywhere®” platform for the maritime industry, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Jenson Funding Partners, Tradeworks.vc, Motion Ventures and a syndicate of MarTech investors.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is launching a new Enterprise Hub in Wales to support engineering and technology entrepreneurs across the country.

GrowthHoot, the innovative new platform that connects Entrepreneurs with the world's top business leaders, is set to launch later next month.

Today, EIT Food, the world’s largest food innovation community, has announced the results of its Marketed Innovation Prize, designed to reward innovative food startups that have successfully brought products or services to market. EIT Food is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to play an ever-increasing role in financial services and will “fundamentally reshape” the industry for firms, consumers, and markets, says the CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations.

E2E, in association with The Independent and in partnership with IWG plc as the strategic founding partner, has today announced its Female 100 list which identifies the 100 fastest-growing female-led or founded businesses in the UK through their growth rate of employees over the past three years from data gathered by Experian and Go Live Data.

Neurons, the world’s leading consumer neuroscience company, has welcomed former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as the latest member on their board of directors as it unveils a new, ethically focused approach to delivering its cutting-edge artificial intelligence services.

Ahead of International Day of Happiness 2023, feel-good PR agency Lem-uhn reveals that searches for ‘how to be happy at work’ soared by 163% between December and February.

Multi-channel communications solutions provider, Ringover will exhibit at the Recruitment Agency Expo, hosted at the Excel London on 21 and 22 March, 2023.