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Artificial Intelligence "more dangerous than nukes!"

Elon Musk hit the stage at SXSW this week to talk Mars, Tesla and Artificial Intelligence. I don't know about you, but the informative interview left me with way more questions than answers, particularity when it comes to the subject of AI. The Government commissioned an independent review into the development of AI in the UK last year. The findings were that AI shouldn't be subject to direct regulation, but an AI council should oversea the industry. Are the suggestions of Wendy Hall and BenevolentTech CEO Jérôme Pesenti enough to keep us safe? Should we not demand regulation and controls over the development of AI? As Elon says, you wouldn't let just anyone build a nuke! (Cheery stuff ay?!!!). According to Elon, it is inevitable the world will slip into a dark age... he should try being a Spurs fan, like me! Here are the recommendations following the Government review, which to me feels insufficient. What do you think? Read the original article here.

Case Studies

Mer

Providing EV charging solutions for businesses and public spaces.

The Partnership.

Mer are the eMobility arm within the Statkraft Group. They offer charging infrastructure and services across Europe in an effort to make electric mobility easy and accessible for everyone. Headquartered in Norway, they operate across multiple European Countries and thanks to Statkraft’s role as Europe’s largest renewable energy partner, Mer have a unique proposition for the sustainability market.

The challenges they were facing.

They have been gradually scaling up their UK team with key strategic hires to compliment the internal organic growth of their existing employees. This is a great example of a client Piper Maddox have grown alongside, being able to assist with hires across multiple different business units over 3+ years by truly understanding the companies values and goals.

The solutions we presented.

We offered a full suite service to Mer – this ranges from identifying and qualifying the candidates before working with each individual to make sure not only does the opportunity meet their professional goals, but also their personal development opportunities – something Mer values highly in their hiring.

The Results.

We’ve successfully placed eight members of the Mer team across multiple different business units including from Commercial, operational and technical hires. We have also developed the wider partnerships to be able to support Statkraft on a number of hires for their wider renewable projects, most prominently Solar.