All articles by Elizabeth Cooke

Improbable to sell off metaverse defence business

The metaverse start-up, Improbable, will sell its defence and national security division to NOIA Capital for an undisclosed sum.

How is climate change risk affecting FDI inflows?

How will the AI boom affect education companies?

The future of education companies may hang in the balance as student interest in AI-powered chatbots soars.

Five key takeaways from the House Judiciary Committee hearing on AI and copyright law

The battle between AI developers and creatives is playing out in law courts across the world. Now, a US hearing listens to testimony from both sides of the argument.

Adobe launches generative AI text-to-photo tool in Photoshop

Adobe is adding its AI image generator, Firefly, to its Photoshop arsenal, promising to further accelerate the graphic designer’s workflow.

EU telecoms regulator group says Big Tech not liable for 5G rollout cost

EU telecoms regulators’ group, BEREC, sides with Big Tech, following campaigns to force tech giants to invest in 5G infrastructure.

Is Adobe’s planned acquisition of Figma anti-competitive?

UK regulators’ recent crackdowns on Big Tech M&A deals and its new pro-competition rules do not bode well for Adobe’s planned acquisition of Figma.

Google Bard’s upgrade presents a real challenge to ChatGPT

Google Bard will incorporate multimodal search, app integration and export tools to challenge Microsoft’s Bing and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

EU moves closer to the world’s first AI rules

The EU’s proposed AI Act seeks to prohibit Big Brother-style biometric identification systems, whilst strengthening transparency of generative AI models like ChatGPT.

The FDI landscape in Kenya in 2023