
Yorkshire has UK’s lowest AI adoption rate among SMEs, research finds
Yorkshire AI adoption among SMEs is the lowest of any UK region at 64 per cent, research finds, as Intuit brings free AI training to Barnsley on Friday.
Artificial intelligence coverage with the Business Matters filter: not the hype cycle, but what AI adoption actually looks like inside UK firms – the tools, the costs, the failures, and the regulation heading down the track.

Yorkshire AI adoption among SMEs is the lowest of any UK region at 64 per cent, research finds, as Intuit brings free AI training to Barnsley on Friday.

Meta is preparing to release its Muse AI assistant in the UK in the coming weeks, with retail partnerships planned to let the agent buy goods…

Proposed changes to HMRC inspection powers would let the tax authority examine how AI and software produce tax figures, with reforms due in 2027.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says crypto hacks now run at three or four a day as AI tools help attackers, a week after a $6.3bn heist…

A Disney AI patent granted yesterday describes a system that would let costumed characters talk to guests in real time, with a performer still in costume.

Google is making its AI tools opt-in for schools, but schools that keep AI switched off will lose Google Search access for pupils, the company has…

Sussex firm Universal Quantum has launched a new chip and called for more state funding and government contracts for UK quantum computing companies.

Up to 60,000 staff in the UK, US, Canada and India can take Microsoft voluntary redundancy, with finance, HR and Xbox teams among those eligible.

UK AI company registrations rose 29 per cent in the first nine months of 2026, as a LegalVision study warns AI-led names raise trade mark dispute…

deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green argues the Anthropic IPO asks ordinary investors to fund vast compute bills at a $2tn price, with little say.

The £10m adsilico Series A funding will expand AI that tests heart and brain implants on virtual patients and lift its headcount from 14 to 34…

John Healey will set out an AI investment package in Wednesday's Budget, with funding for biosecurity, cyber defence, chip design and UK AI firms.

Meta AI spending commitments of about $825bn sent its shares down 7 per cent, as the board agreed a deal to shield Zuckerberg from a California…