AI takes centre stage at every conference, and we have been leaning in. In this edition, we take a closer look at the use of AI, its adoption across financial services and regulatory views from across the UK, Europe and the US.
Since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022, we’ve been actively exploring how AI can transform our clients’ campaigns, content, and coaching. In our in-house “AI Gym,” we rigorously test tools to ensure secure, nuanced, and high-performing content – always with expert human oversight. Our team is trained and constantly updated, and we’re excited to share insights through tailored workshops.
As ever, we are also out in the industry listening intently to what matters right now. Recently, we supported clients at major events including Innovate Finance Global Summit and TradeTech Paris – driving press engagement, content creation, and social media. At TradeTech, our workshop on effective panel hosting and participation was three times oversubscribed, highlighting the appetite for practical, impactful skills.
We hope you find our latest blogs of interest. As always, if you’d like to know more about our AI Gym, recent projects, or upcoming workshops, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
And for a bit of fun, keep an eye out for and do get involved in our LOLgorythm Weekly (every Friday), where we let AI loose on comedy! #StreetsComedy #FunTech
Kind regards,
Julia Streets, Founder and CEO
AI has the potential to transform financial services, but how ready are firms for its adoption and impact? Our first blog in the series dives into adoption rates and looks at which types of AIs are being used, use cases and an emerging reliance on third party providers. Click here to read the blog.
Forget AI world domination, for the moment – the real story is how it’s making us better. But are you worried AI will make a “tool” out of you? Our second blog in the series cuts through the hype, exploring AI’s immense power alongside its surprising limitations. Discover why human intelligence remains essential, even in an AI-enabled world. Click here to read the blog.
AI regulation is a complex global maze! Our third and final blog in the series cuts through the complexity, comparing the EU’s prescriptive AI Act with the UK’s sector-specific rules and the US’s fragmented approach. Discover the challenges and opportunities for FinTechs navigating this evolving landscape. Click here to read the blog.
At Google’s I/O 2025 Conference earlier this month, the company announced several new AI-enabled tools. Google is adding an AI mode to its Google search bar, whilst Gemini 2.5 received upgrades like “Deep Think mode” for complex reasoning and “Native Audio Output,” and Gemini 2.5 Flash was improved for efficiency. In Generative AI, Google launched Veo 3, Imagen 4 and Lyria 2, with Veo 3 capturing headlines as a step-change in text-to-video tech, with fully-synced background foley effects and dialogue supported for the first time. Updates on Project Astra were also provided – Google’s initiative to develop a ‘universal AI assistant’, designed to understand and interact with the physical world in real-time through various devices.
Days later, Anthropic launched Claude 4 – Sonnet and Opus, with the company claiming “new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents.” Media coverage was hijacked somewhat after it was later revealed that when testing Claude Opus 4, the AI resorted to blackmail to protect itself when threatened with being replaced. Anthropic is also adding a voice mode (currently in beta) to Claude, to allow for more natural human interactions.
Open AI launched GPT 4.1 and 4.1 mini earlier this month. 4.1 offers improved coding performance, better complex instruction following, and a 1million token context window for handling larger inputs.
Finally, Deloitte announced the launch of a ‘Global Agentic Network’ to “accelerate the development and deployment of AI-driven workforce solutions at scale.” Deloitte said it was “actively deploying agentic AI across its own operations while upskilling Deloitte talent with the skillsets needed to help drive agentic AI implementation with clients.”
Julian Wells, Director at Whitecap Consulting, talked to us about the newly launched ‘AI for Services 2025’ report. Key topics in the report include: the size and growth potential of the professional and financial services sector; the need for better deployment and use of existing technology; the importance of people, skills, and talent to drive innovation and growth; and more.
Stephen Browning, Challenge Director at Next Generation Services, Innovate UK, shares his thoughts on the recently launched ‘AI for Services 2025’ report. The report looks at key technologies like AI, distributed ledger technology, cybersecurity, and data. It focuses on getting more from existing tech, not just creating new solutions.
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