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.
27 April 2026: Microsoft and OpenAI Reshape Their Alliance as China Blocks Meta’s Manus Deal
China blocks Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, Microsoft and OpenAI restructure their partnership, OpenAI may build an AI-first phone, and a…
What is a prompt, and why does wording change the answer?
Why the way you phrase a question to an AI matters far more than most people realise, and how small…
What is Anthropic, and what does Google’s $40 billion bet mean for Claude users?
Google is backing Anthropic with up to $40 billion in equity and infrastructure. We explain the deal structure, what it…
26 April 2026: OpenAI Apologises Over Tumbler Ridge as Sovereign AI Push Gains Momentum
Sam Altman issues a public apology over Tumbler Ridge, Europe bets on sovereign AI, Anthropic tests agent commerce, and a…
26 April 2026: Google Bets $40 Billion on Anthropic as DeepSeek V4 Goes Open Source (AM)
Google commits $40B to Anthropic as Mythos model emerges; DeepSeek V4 launches open-source with 1M-token context at a fraction of…
25 April 2026: Google Commits $40 Billion to Anthropic as the AI Compute Race Enters a New Scale
Google pledges up to $40B to Anthropic at a $350B valuation. Plus: Mac mini AI shortages, ComfyUI hits $500M, and…
25 April 2026: Google Bets $40 Billion on Anthropic as AI Consolidation Accelerates (AM)
Google commits up to $40bn to Anthropic, DeepSeek previews a model matching frontier leaders, and Cohere merges with Germany's Aleph…
24 April 2026: OpenAI Races Towards Its Super-App Vision with GPT-5.5
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 for all ChatGPT tiers as DeepSeek launches affordable V4 models, Meta signs a landmark Amazon CPU deal,…
What is Kimi K2.6, China’s new open-weight AI flagship?
A Chinese open-weight model has matched the paid American flagships on selected benchmarks, at a fraction of the direct-API cost.…
What is AI bias and why does it keep happening?
AI bias is not a bug to be patched. It is built into how these systems are trained. Here is…