The AI Pulse

Issue #22 — 24th February 2025

Editor: Alan Brown

Welcome to the latest edition of The AI Pulse for Digital Leaders. An expertly curated collection of essential articles, commentaries, and news stories from reputable sources. Do you know anyone who might be interested in AI Pulse. Have some news or looking to partner? Just get in touch at: [email protected]

Highlights in this edition include:

What happened when Australia encouraged public servants to use GenAI?

A new national purpose: accelerating UK science in the age of AI

Are the US and UK out of step with rest of the world on AI?

Like it or not, AI is learning how to influence you.

AI for Good

The Tony Blair Institute has issued a major report outlining a new national purpose: accelerating UK science in the age of AI.

Are the US and UK out of step with rest of the world on AI? The Guardian thinks so.

Bias and Ethics

Now available from Cambridge University Press for free download, “The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence” is essential reading.

EY looks at how multidisciplinary collaboration is critical to Responsible AI.

Cyber Security

VentureBeat consider the problems of shadow AI and reviews how unapproved AI apps are compromising security, and asks what you can do about it.

Yahoo News reports that hackers believe that AI models are still alarmingly easy to attack.

Data & Decision Making

The Register reports that although companies acknowledge that data is very valuable, few are finding ways to measure its value.

Getting better with AI depends on the data infrastructure getting better first, according to the Register.

MIT Technology Review reports that AI’s usefulness for scientific discovery will be stunted without access to high-quality data, according to Nobel winner David Baker.

Towards Data Science looks at how decision intelligence is revolutionizing data .

Innovation & Collaboration

MIT have announced the AI Agent Index, the first public database documenting the technical and safety features of deployed agentic AI systems.

Google has announced AI co-scientist, a multi-agent AI system built with Gemini 2.0 as a virtual scientific collaborator to help scientists generate novel hypotheses and research proposals.

A revealing article from Apolitical looks at what happened when Australia encouraged public servants to use GenAI.

Productivity & Efficiency

HBR describe 5 GenAI myths that are holding back sales and marketing teams.

MIT Technology Review notes that as people rely more and more on AI for recommendations on everything from product purchases to trip planning, brands are figuring out the new rules of the road.

An excellent article from Jonny Williams considers the real costs of AI deployment, the potential AI cost trap, and how government can avoid it.

UKRI has highlighted a new AI Use Case Framework that can simplify and accelerate your strategy for identifying, selecting, and implementing the right AI solutions.

MIT Sloan Management Review believes that AI is transforming business — and increasing technical debt in enterprise systems. So how should we manage tech debt in the AI era?

Regulation and Compliance

ZDNET reports that sources at NIST, the primary regulatory agency in the US, are preparing for mass firings that would severely undermine the AI regulator.

The National Law Review considers the reality of what an AI system is and unpacks the latest EU Commission’s Guidelines on AI systems.

Sustainability

A useful blog post from IDC consider how best to navigate regulatory challenges in cloud sustainability.

What’s behind AI increasing electricity demand and what can be done about it? The MIT Technology Review considers the issues.

User Experience

Are AI agents already taking our jobs? Sifted reports that Estonia's Hertwill is the latest startup advertising for "AI-only" roles.

O’Reilly is delivering a set of AI essentials for Tech execs with a focus on unlocking the competitive potential of AI.

The Data Scientist looks at how AI is reshaping digital product design.

VentureBeat looks at how, like it or not, AI is learning how to influence you.

Workforce & Skills

A Forbes article looks at how to protect your work and legacy from AI.

CIO Magazine discusses how AI is empowering tech leaders — and transforming procurement.

ComputerWorld believes that GenAI can make us dumber — even while boosting efficiency.

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