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The UK Government has announced plans to strengthen national defences against increasingly powerful AI systems, including preparations for serious incidents involving autonomous AI agents and potential changes to cybersecurity legislation. Announced on 12 October, the measures will examine how existing protections can respond to emerging AI threats, particularly where systems operate beyond their intended boundaries or evade human oversight.

As data centre development accelerates, attracting skilled professionals is only part of the workforce challenge. Career progression, retention and access to talent from other industries are becoming important considerations for employers.

OpenAI has appointed Ismail Elmas as Vice President of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as the company strengthens its regional focus on enterprise AI adoption. The appointment, first reported by Bloomberg, follows OpenAI's recruitment of Brian McCarthy, another former Cursor executive, as Vice President of Worldwide Sales in September.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has secured commitments to improve data protection practices from ten major AI foundation model developers operating in the UK, including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Microsoft. In a new report, the regulator said Amazon, Apple, Cohere, DeepSeek, Meta and Stability AI were also among the developers that have made, or committed to make, changes following its scrutiny.

Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced a wave of £16.2 million ($21.9 million) funding to advance the transformation of the UK's energy networks under the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund (Ofgem SIF). Ofgem's SIF is a programme delivered in partnership between Innovate UK and the energy regulator, Ofgem to drive the transformation of the UK's energy networks.

Global climate innovator, Trane Technologies, and intelligent power management company, Eaton, have announced a collaboration. The partnership is aimed at integrating advanced thermal management and electrical system architectures to help accelerate AI-factory deployment, enhance efficiency, and lower costs.

Research by The Hague-based internet intelligence company Modat, conducted with Bouke van Laethem, has identified 8,547 internet-facing systems in European solar parks and wind farms that should not be publicly accessible, including exposed administrative interfaces and control panels.

atNorth has announced plans to invest approximately €2 billion (£1.6 billion) in a new data centre in Salo, Finland, with 75MW of power secured for the first phase and a pathway to as much as 230MW for the wider development. The Nordic data centre operator said FIN05 will be developed on a 28.6-hectare site and connected through a Fingrid substation. The €2 billion estimate covers atNorth's investment in the Salo development.

A former OpenAI safety leader has resigned from the company, warning that increasingly capable AI systems require a more cautious approach to development and that "the time for trial and error is over". David Robinson spent three-and-a-half years at OpenAI, where he helped draft the company's Preparedness Framework and oversaw safety reports for 12 frontier-model launches, according to Reuters. The framework sets out how OpenAI assesses and safeguards against severe risks from advanced AI systems.

Almost three-quarters of EU employees have encountered suspicious emails, messages or links at work, but fewer than half say their organisation regularly provides cybersecurity information or awareness updates. The findings come from a European Commission Eurobarometer survey examining cybersecurity awareness and preparedness in the workplace, highlighted by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) during European Cybersecurity Month.