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.
What is the difference between a chatbot, copilot and agent?
Chatbots answer questions. Copilots assist inside apps. Agents take action across tools. Here is what each one actually does and…
8 May 2026: AlphaEvolve’s Real-World Results, Firefox’s AI Security Leap and OpenAI’s Voice Overhaul (AM)
Google's AlphaEvolve cuts DNA sequencing errors by 30%, Anthropic Mythos finds 271 Firefox bugs, and OpenAI ships new voice models.
7 May 2026: Voice AI Meets the Enterprise as OpenAI, Moonshot and DeepMind Make Their Moves
OpenAI backs enterprise voice AI, Moonshot raises $2B, DeepMind's AlphaEvolve improves Gemini's own code, and xAI may be a data…
What is the difference between a chatbot, copilot and agent?
Chatbots answer questions. Copilots assist inside apps. Agents take action across tools. Here is what each one actually does and…
7 May 2026: Trump’s AI Safety Reversal, Anthropic Boosts Claude Code, and US-China Talks (AM)
Trump reverses on AI safety testing, Anthropic doubles Claude Code limits with SpaceX compute deal, and US-China talks eye AI…
6 May 2026: OpenAI Maps the AI Advantage as Cloudflare Agents Get the Keys to Infrastructure
OpenAI's B2B Signals research, Cloudflare agents deploying websites autonomously, Apple's $250M Siri lawsuit, and SAP's $1.16B European AI bet.
What is multimodal AI? Text, images, voice and video explained
Most AI tools started with words. Multimodal AI adds images, voice and video to the mix, changing what these systems…
6 May 2026: ChatGPT Gets a Smarter Default Model and iOS 27 Lets You Pick Your Own AI (AM)
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT's default model with fewer hallucinations, while Apple plans to let iPhone users choose their own AI in…
What Is Muse Spark? Meta’s First Closed-Source AI Model
Meta Superintelligence Labs has released its first model, Muse Spark. It is free, multimodal, and marks a clean break from…
5 May 2026 PM: OpenAI and Anthropic Both Bet on Finance AI as Chrome’s Hidden Model Raises Alarms
OpenAI and Anthropic both target finance firms with new AI tools. Plus Chrome’s hidden 4GB AI model sparks privacy concerns…