Enterprise adoption

Five police forces drop Palantir software after two-year trial

Five East Midlands police forces (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire), working through the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, are ending a two-year trial of US firm Palantir's Foundry software. The unit said the decision followed an assessment of what the technology would deliver alongside future funding streams, and Home Office funding for the programme has been discontinued. The move is a setback for Palantir's expansion into UK policing, though its work with a separate consortium of forces in eastern England is understood to continue.

UK angle: Involves UK police forces ending a trial of a US AI vendor's technology.

Deutsche Telekom targets €2.5bn in indirect AI-driven savings by 2030

At an AI investor day in Bonn, Deutsche Telekom set a goal of €2.5 billion in indirect cost savings from AI and automation by 2030, measured against 2023. It is applying AI across customer service, network operations, software development and administration, and says over 100,000 staff have had AI training. It is a concrete example of a large European firm putting numbers on enterprise AI returns.

London firms far outpace rest of UK on effective AI adoption, NatWest finds

NatWest research reported by ITPro finds 83% of London businesses say AI is delivering efficiency gains and 81% report stronger innovation, similar to the South East but ahead of the wider UK. Just 24% of UK AI adopters overall have reached an advanced stage where AI is embedded in core processes, with most limited to basic tasks like summarisation. Company size, not geography, is the bigger driver: firms with 100+ staff are nearly twice as likely to use AI as smaller ones (67% vs 36%).

UK angle: Findings are specifically about the UK regional AI adoption divide

Meta launches Enterprise Platform to sell AI tools to businesses

Meta unveiled Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business unit packaging its Muse agent, Meta Business Agent, Muse API and Muse Code for corporate customers. Former MongoDB CEO Chirantan "CJ" Desai joins as Chief Enterprise Platform Officer, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg. The move aims to generate returns on Meta's more than $100 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year, though pricing has not been disclosed.