All articles by Alex Blair

Geopolitics looms large on data privacy horizon

GDPR fines skyrocket past $4bn as 71% of countries worldwide adopt data privacy legislation.

Signal: AI tops cybersecurity in UK defence, security and aerospace hirings

The shift comes as spy agencies lobby UK government to soften “burdensome” laws on AI data use.

AI in cyberattacks – what is vishing?

Generative AI will compound the auto-creation of malicious code used for vishing – voice-generated cyberattacks.

Corporate profits responsible for almost half of Europe’s inflation: IMF report

Brazil leads the charge for greater South American integration and dedollarisation

The FDI landscape in Nigeria in 2023

“Technological unemployment is a myth,” says economist on AI

Amid reports that AI could replace 300 million jobs, global macro economist Dario Perkins points instead to the productivity potential of the pervasive technology.

Europe’s AI Act survives eleventh-hour amendment before approval

The world’s first rules on AI have been passed by an overwhelming majority of European Parliament MEPs.

UK is unprepared for AI revolution and risks becoming “irrelevant”, say Blair and Hague

Former rivals release joint report calling for the dismissal of advisers who failed to foresee the AI revolution – and the creation of a “national lab” for British AI development.

Russian cybergang issues ultimatum to hack victims at BBC, British Airways and Boots

Following yesterday’s confirmation of a huge payroll data breach, the Clop Group has issued a dark web notice warning those affected to email them within seven days.