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Tough new EU rules on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will require organisations to meet unprecedented standards of ethics and transparency, says BCS. The proposed legislation could also have far-reaching implications for companies around the world if they want to provide AI services to businesses inside the EU. Claire Penketh looks at what this could mean in practice.

New technology or applications are often made available to organisations - and indeed individuals, on the basis of caveat emptor. The implication being that it will have a considerable, successful, impact on the user’s life, writes Dr Stephen J Pratt FBCS, Director of Teaching and Learning at Swansea University.

From data centre infrastructure efficiency (DCIE), to power usage effectiveness (PUE), there are many considerations which ultimately impact the cost to build, operate and scale a facility, writes Darren Watkins, managing director for VIRTUS Data Centres.

A recent BCS LinkedIn poll revealed that mental health was at the top of managers’ list of WFH concerns. As author and troubleshooter Carole Osterweil explains, mental health is something you ignore at your peril!