A protest on Thursday in Larbert, about 30 miles west of Edinburgh, is said by campaigners to have been attended by more than 100 people. A protest on Thursday in Larbert, about 30 miles west of Edinburgh, is said by campaigners to have been attended by more than 100 people. Police Scotland warns'robust security' needed to stop attacks on AI datacentres'A great deal of public opposition is likely' to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force says Fri 14 Aug 2026 12.05 EDTLast modified on Fri 14 Aug 2026 14.49 EDT Police in Scotland have issued a stark warning about the need for "robust security measures" to stop proposed AI datacentres from being attacked by protesters. There has been mounting opposition to AI infrastructure globally, including in the US where such projects have become a significant political rallying point. Police Scotland said "a great deal of public opposition is likely" to a datacentre planned in Larbert, about 30 miles west of Edinburgh, in a letter submitted as a part of a planning consultation this month.

Welcome to the November edition of our best and favorite articles in AI that were published this month. We are a Paris-based company that does Agile data development. This month, we spotted articles about AI that can identify who wrote each scene in Shakespeare's Henry VIII, and teach non-native speakers how to pronounce English words! Let's start, as usual, with the comic of the month: In a recent article researchers describe how they trained machine-learning algorithms to predict what features in a song would impact people's emotional responses. They predicted brain and heart activities as well as physiological response using features based on music dynamics such as timbre, harmony, etc...

Ground-breaking AI technology being developed in Scotland will soon enhance Police Scotland's use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) to find missing and vulnerable people. The technology, thought to be the first of its kind used by police forces in the UK, is a form of machine learning that provides real-time image analysis for identifying humans in rural areas. It has been developed by a consortium of partners – CENSIS, Thales UK, University of the West of Scotland and Police Scotland. With core AI development work complete and trials of the new system already underway, the project team expects the technology to be deployed in searches for missing and vulnerable people in Scotland in the near future. The technology identifies where a human being is located, rather than an individual.

Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people. The remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) can see things we can't to try to work out where people are. It uses advanced cameras and neural computer networks to spot someone it is looking for - from "a speck" up to 150 metres away. Its recognition software is compact enough to be run on a phone, with the technology learning as it goes. "The drone itself has very special sensors on it," said Insp Nicholas Whyte, of Police Scotland's air support unit.