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The South West Business Council (SWBC) has announced that the Shadow Minister for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property, Matt Rodda, will deliver the keynote address at their conference: ‘Harnessing the Power of AI: Meeting the Challenges’ on 16th February 2024 at the Great Hall, University of Exeter.

The event, co-sponsored by tech giants Microsoft, specialist law...

Stagecoach South West took a wellbeing bus to Lympstone Primary School on Friday 9th February as part of Children’s Mental Health Week to empower young people.

The carefully crafted sessions for students in years 5 and 6 included a wellbeing workshop on board the bus followed by a physical activity session led by Tom Johnson, founder of PlusEd digital platform which focuses on...

The Heart of the South West LEP has announced £118,000 funding for the Centre for Future Clean Mobility, to develop a new AI engineering lab.

The ACE-Lab (AI-enabled Co-design in Engineering Laboratory), is managed by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Future Clean Mobility at Exeter Science Park. The innovative project will offer a unique blend of human-AI interaction for...

A five-year-old obsessed with AO’s distinctive green delivery vans had his dream come true, when he was invited for a guided tour of his local depot.

Arthur Wright, from Plymouth, was invited to the online electricals retailer’s Exeter outbase and was given the VIP treatment. Arthur and his mum Caroline were greeted with picnic and a cake in the shape of an AO van, before he was...