All articles by Elizabeth Cooke
Elizabeth Cooke is a trainee reporter, specialising in thematic intelligence. She graduated with a degree in French and Philosophy from Oxford University in 2022.

Elizabeth Cooke
Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot looks set to gain full EU antitrust approval
After being cleared by the UK’s CMA, the European Commission is set to approve the £1.4bn Amazon/iRobot deal.
Consumer concern about AI overtakes excitement – GWI
GWI found that 71% of consumers believe AI is developing at an alarming rate, with implications for the way companies approach implementation.
Cross-industry uptake of biometrics is growing while FTC issues warnings
The FTC is scrutinising unfair biometrics practices, while biometrics tech providers say they’re in an “arms race” with bad actors.
Signal: Tesla’s supercomputer may boost enterprise value by $500bn
Industry-wide efforts to increase AI and self-driving capabilities are dwarfed by Tesla’s custom-built Dojo supercomputer.
ChatGPT user numbers fall for the first time since launch
Monthly traffic to OpenAI’s ChatGPT declined by 10% in June, prompting questions about whether the LLM hype bubble is about to burst.
Google launches “machine unlearning” competition to protect data privacy
The challenge is geared towards making AI systems compliant with data privacy regulation.
AI model collapse could spell disaster for AI development, say new studies
Two new studies suggest that AI may pose an existential threat to itself when new generations of models are trained on datasets polluted by AI-generated content.
Nvidia CEO tells EU Commissioner that chipmaker plans to invest in Europe
Nvidia is “extremely likely” to invest in Europe, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, amid an increasing European appetite for microchip FDI.
UK’s Law Commission considers changes to property law for crypto assets
The Law Commission proposes the creation of a third category of “digital objects” to be added to existing property law categories.
German fashion retailer Zalando sues EU over landmark Digital Services Act
Zalando is the only European company on the EU’s list of companies designated as ‘Very Large Online Platforms.’