Lara Williams

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Managing Editor at Verdict

Senior Editor at Investment Monitor

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Articles

A small, perfectly formed UK AI authority: A UK Peer’s answer to AI copyright

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

On 11 June, the UK’s Data Use and Access Bill finally passed through the House of Lords and will soon be law. The Bill was introduced to the House of Lords in October 2024 and has since struggled to pass through the Upper House after the addition of successive amendments on the use of copyrighted materials for training AI models.
Stop hiring humans

2 weeks ago | investmentmonitor.ai | Lara Williams

Advertising almost always appeals to the aspirational. But AI platform, Artisan.co, has bucked this convention by plastering fear all over the London Underground. The provocative strapline “Stop Hiring Humans: The Age of the AI Employee is Here” is part of a poster adverting campaign on London’s public transport that taps into deep public mistrust that AI will replace human work.
Stop hiring humans

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

Advertising almost always appeals to the aspirational. But AI platform, Artisan.co, has bucked this convention by plastering fear all over the London Underground. The provocative strapline “Stop Hiring Humans: The Age of the AI Employee is Here” is part of a poster adverting campaign on London’s public transport that taps into deep public mistrust that AI will replace human work.
UK Legal Aid Hack

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

The UK government announced, today (19 May), that “a significant amount” of personal data belonging to thousands of legal aid recipients had been breached in a cyberattack. The breach, identified in April, appeared to be worse than originally thought, according to a Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) joint statement. The breach took place on the LAA digital services platform on which legal aid providers log their work and receive payment from the government.
Starmer steers clear of trading Big Tech digital tax breaks for favourable tariffs

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

UK Prime Minister Starmer, today (8 May), announced aluminum, steel, and automotive US tariffs cuts saying that they will come into force “as soon as possible” without any mention of expected tax breaks for Big Tech in return. Starmer was joined by US President Trump in announcing the long awaited tariff agreement on VE day, the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war.
Databricks UK&I managing director on why your AI transformation is only as good as your data

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Lara Williams

Cloud-based data intelligence platform, Databricks, has come a long way since its inception in 2013 as a California University of Berkley startup to becoming one of a handful of technology companies that continue to defy increasingly challenging market conditions. Today, the company is valued around $62bn with some 60% of Fortune 500 companies relying on its data intelligence platform for big data processing, engineering, data science, and machine learning.
Can the Candy Crush King’s new venture put British AI on the map?

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

For one of the UK’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Mel Morris, conquering the AI space and putting British AI on the map has become a singular mission. Morris was the primary investor in gaming company King – of Candy Crush fame – which was sold to Activision Blizzard in 2006 for $5.9bn. For the last decade Morris has been working on a new venture, AI research engine Corpora.ai, biding his time until the right moment to launch.
Five things Pope Francis said about AI

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

On 28th January The Pope’s warnings about AI over recent years were outlined publicly in a missive called Antiqua et Nova, a papal statement position on the challenges raised by the relationship between AI and human intelligence. The message was addressed to “those entrusted with transmitting the faith,” but also to “those who share the conviction that scientific and technological advances should be directed toward serving the human person and the common good”. Did Big Tech take note?
Will AI kill the publishing industry?

Mar 25, 2025 | 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?

Mar 17, 2025 | 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.