Sarah Drummond
Sarah Drummond covers artificial intelligence and emerging technology. She writes about AI tools, model developments, and what the latest advances mean for businesses and consumers in the UK.
3 May 2026: Replit Hands Out a Free AI Agent Day as the Oscars Bar Synthetic Actors
Replit unlocks Agent free for 24 hours, the Oscars bar AI actors and screenplays, MoonPay's MoonAgents Card lets agents spend,…
3 May 2026: Pentagon Spreads AI Contracts as the Oscars Bar Generated Actors (AM)
The Pentagon awards classified-network AI deals to Nvidia, Microsoft and AWS while the Oscars bar AI-generated actors and scripts.
How to get better answers from AI without becoming a prompt engineer
Eight practical habits that turn mediocre AI replies into genuinely useful answers, with no prompt engineering jargon required.
01 May 2026 PM: Musk testifies on Grok, Anthropic chases $900B, OpenAI tightens ChatGPT security
Musk admits xAI distilled Grok from OpenAI models. Anthropic races to a $900B round. OpenAI brings hardware keys to ChatGPT…
1 May 2026: Grok Distillation, Anthropic’s $900B Round, ChatGPT Adds Yubico (AM)
Elon Musk testifies xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models, Anthropic eyes a $900bn raise, and ChatGPT now supports Yubico hardware…
What is reasoning in AI, and is the model really thinking?
Reasoning AI explained in plain English. AI companies say their newest models can reason. What that really means, when it…
30 April 2026: OpenAI Explains the Goblin Glitch, Anthropic Eyes $900B (AM)
OpenAI publishes a candid post-mortem on GPT-5's quirks while Anthropic circles a $900B valuation, plus Microsoft Copilot tops 20m users.
Anthropic’s new model tier finds 27-year-old bugs. Who can actually use Claude Mythos Preview?
Claude Mythos Preview is Anthropic’s most capable model, gated to security researchers. Here is what it can do, and why…
29 April 2026 PM: Scout AI’s $100m War Bet, OpenAI Lands on AWS, and Google Translate Turns 20
Scout AI raises $100m for military AI agents, OpenAI models arrive on Amazon's cloud, and Google Translate hits 20 with…
Why AI gets things wrong even when it sounds confident
AI Gets Things Wrong explained in plain English. AI language models predict text rather than look up facts, which is…