Lara Williams

London

Managing Editor at Verdict

Senior Editor at Investment Monitor

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Articles

Will AI kill the publishing industry?

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

Publishing depends wholly on content creation. AI promises efficiencies and turbocharged creativity. But is AI the industry's friend or foe?
What is Standalone 5G and why does it matter for businesses?

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

The rollout of 5G radio access network technology has had its fair share of bumps in the road. The perception gap between potential, hype and materialised benefits is still being navigated by the telecoms industry.
UK tech leaders respond to Prime Minister's promise for an AI-enabled British state

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

Addressing an audience in Hull today (13 March) UK Prime Minister Starmer outlined plans to fundamentally reshape the British state. Starmer said that “AI was a golden opportunity” that would create public sector efficiency savings of £45bn.
Will AI build the construction industry 2.0?

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

Almost every industry has embraced some form of AI technology over the last two years. And venture capital investment in vertical AI is booming. But within these vertical industries, the construction industry remains in its own “Internet 1.0” era, according to Patric Hellermann, founding general partner at built environment venture capital firm Foundamental. “As a technology investor and founder, this is a very exciting time.
Interview: SoftBank director of AI-RAN America on telcos harnessing AI

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

There are two angles to the integration of AI and RAN. One is how can we use AI to have a better radio access network? In fact, everywhere I look at Mobile World Congress I see examples of this. New capabilities being deployed are things like channel estimation, for example, something that the network needs to do to know which radio channel to use to talk to a user’s device.
MWC 2025: Will GenAI and API trends steal the show (again)?

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

As Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 gets underway this week (3-7 March) the hottest topics on the agenda will once again be the impact of GenAI on the telecoms industry and APIs. Operators are facing several headwinds from rising costs and regulatory compliance to cybersecurity threats and market competition and fragmentation. GenAI and APIs dominated last year’s MWC, according to GlobalData senior principal analyst Andy Hicks.
Does the UK’s AI copyright proposal bridge the EU US AI regulatory chasm?

1 month ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

The UK government’s consultation on regulatory proposals to give creative industries and AI developers clarity over copyright laws closed on 25 February amid protests from musicians and other creative content makers. Data hungry AI requires AI model developers to have frictionless access to data. The UK government’s proposal seeks to address this requirement by placing the onus on creative content makers to opt out of making their content publicly available for scraping.
Quantum-as-a-service: Is your business ready?

2 months ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

Quantum computing has been on the horizon for some time. Early iterations of quantum technology date back as far at the 1960s. But the successful development of a working quantum computer is now close, or so we are told—most estimations put this at around five to ten years away. The advent of quantum computing technology promises exponential increases in compute power akin to the transition from stone age to post industrial tools.
Opinion: Darktrace security & AI director on the UK's AI strategy

2 months ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

The UK Government has recognised the opportunity AI presents to the economy and has pushed to capitalise on it. The AI Opportunities Action Plan is a statement of intent which steps up efforts to unlock AI’s economic potential. But as we rush to embrace the future, it’s critical to look at what we can learn from sectors that have also undergone rapid change in the pursuit of innovation and growth.
Interview: Ericsson's UK&I CEO on 5G as an economic growth driver

2 months ago | verdict.co.uk | Lara Williams

The UK is okay, but it’s not world leading. When you look at speed tests, it’s the worst out of the G7 so we are typically in middle of the pack. I think we move between 47 and 49th on the – I think we should be doing better. And why is that important?