All articles by Lara Williams

Lara Williams

Lara Williams is managing 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.

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Opinion: We must ensure human interaction remains at the centre of our digital world

Ajay Patel, head of World ID at Sam Altman-founded company Tools for Humanity outlines the digital identity trends he believes should be on the radar of tech leaders, regulators, and consumers.

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Interview: GSMA’s AI industry director on what to expect at MWC 2026

Louis Powell, director of AI Industry at the GSMA shares his thoughts on the main areas of focus for MWC 2026.

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Snowflake’s new coding agent is in a category of its own, says head of product

Cortex Code is designed to give a productivity boost to data management and operations, according to Snowflake EVP of product Christian Kleinerman.

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Opinion: Agentic AI must be deployed at scale with a systematic approach

Rajan Padmanabhan, principal technology architect for data analytics and AI at Infosys advises data readiness for effective agentic AI deployment.

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Trusting AI agents should mean putting them on rails, not letting them run free

Arnab Bose, chief product officer at work management platform Asana, highlights the need for nuance on the issue of trust in AI agents.

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Interview: Cloudera chief AI architect on building human-first AI

Manasi Vartak is a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur who advocates cognitive empathy in AI development to ensure enterprise AI tools serve all users.

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Opinion: Cisco UK&I chief executive says stop focusing on AI impacting entry-level jobs

Sarah Walker, Cisco’s UK&I chief executive says its time to upgrade the focus on AI impacting entry level jobs and think about the opportunity for the UK’s entire workforce.

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Opinion: Quantum computing is reshaping secure communications. Metadata is now the first line of defence

Nathan Jenniges, SVP & GM at BlackBerry Secure Communications, advises critical infrastructure leaders to urgently address quantum resilience.

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Opinion: UK businesses need to keep up with consumer AI appetites

Sebastian Weir, executive partner, and AI, analytics & automation leader at IBM, warns businesses that well deployed consumer AI will be a differentiator.

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In AI-powered software development, the penny will drop on speed over quality in 2026

Kirill Skrygan, CEO of developer favourite JetBrains makes the case for quality over speed in software development.