All articles by Lara Williams

Lara Williams

Lara Williams is editor of Verdict technology. An experienced writer, Lara previously worked as deputy editor of the Financial Times’s fDi Magazine. Lara has a background in technology journalism writing for the UK’s Computing magazine and has spent almost a decade living in Silicon Valley.

Interview: Cambridge Spark founder on what CEOs need to know about AI

Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma, founder of Cambridge Spark, a startup that helps businesses upskill their workforces, tells Verdict what CEOs need to know about AI.

UK International Investment Summit: New data centre investment to enable AI roll-out

The new data centre investment announcements come after tech secretary Peter Kyle announced, last month, that UK data centres would be classified as critical national infrastructure.

Interview: Dragos CTO on managing cyber threat to critical infrastructure

Phil Tonkin, field CTO at cyber threat intelligence company Dragos, talks to Verdict about the unique challenges of protecting critical infrastructure.

Interview: Netskope’s global CIO on enterprise resilience in the post CrowdStrike era

Netskope’s Mike Anderson talks to Verdict about enterprise security with built-in resilience as operational disruption becomes front of mind.

Interview: Bosch’s UK & Ireland managing director on the company’s AI integration

Engineering and technology company Bosch’s Steffen Hoffmann, talks to Verdict about how the company is using AI within its UK and European operations.

Interview: Coursera chief content officer on closing the AI gender gap

Marni Baker Stein, content lead at online education platform Coursera, highlights the need for action as the gender gap in AI becomes increasingly apparent.

Opinion: This is how you end the streaming wars — Bango CEO

Paul Larbey, CEO of mobile commerce and subscription solutions company Bango, is a man with a plan to end the streaming wars.

Analysis: California Governor Gavin Newsom kills AI safety bill as global patchwork of AI regulation emerges

A growing patchwork of disparate AI regulation across the world reflects the many conflicting interests around the potential direction of travel for AI development.

Palo Alto Networks and Deloitte expand partnership for AI cybersecurity

The partnership aims to provide clients with integrated AI-powered cybersecurity solutions and insights to drive operational efficiencies and cyber safety.

Opinion: Faculty CEO makes a business case for nuance in regulating AI

UK AI software company Faculty’s Marc Warner says AI regulation needs to differentiate between task-specific AI and artificial general intelligence.