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.
Interview: Pearson UK CEO on AI driven edtech transformation
Global education company Pearson’s Sharon Hague talks to Lara Williams about how edtech is impacting education delivery, as well as enterprise upskilling.
Is UK data centre development demand sustainable?
AI driven demand for compute power will drive rapid data centre investment in 2025. But questions around sustainability remain.
A small, perfectly formed UK AI authority: A UK Peer’s answer to AI copyright
The UK’s Data Use and Access Bill has passed without the inclusion of a House of Lords amendment for greater AI copyright protections for content creators.
Stop hiring humans? Business leaders face AI labour arbitrage
Despite warnings from a handful of vocal tech industry figures, most enterprise leaders are publicly hailing AI as a job enabler rather than a job displacer. But can something so counterintuitive be true?
Interview: Zendesk CEO on how resolution pricing is revolutionising AI agent value
Zendesk is applying a flexible outcome-based pricing model to customer services that is unique within the industry, says CEO Tom Eggemeier.
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Will Salesforce’s $8bn Informatica deal give the company a lead on agentic AI?
Salesforce’s Informatica acquisition demonstrates how critical data management is to the rapid growth trajectory of agentic AI.
UK Legal Aid hack highlights wider lack of national cybersecurity resilience
The UK’s public sector has serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities, say experts. And a lack of national cyber resilience may impact the private sector.
Agentic AI enterprise adoption: balancing reward against risk
Agentic AI can transform workflows to improve enterprise efficiency and decision-making. But deployment is not without risk.
Starmer steers clear of trading Big Tech digital tax breaks for favourable tariffs
Tax breaks for Big Tech in return for a favourable tariff regime across all sectors would essentially put the UK’s digital sovereignty up for sale.
Interview: Databricks UK&I managing director on why your AI transformation is only as good as your data
Databricks UK&I country manager, Michael Green, shares his view on why successful AI transformation can only happen with a good data strategy in place.