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 RAG, and why does it matter for business AI?
RAG connects AI models to your own documents, giving them access to internal knowledge they were never trained on. Here…
5 May 2026: Trial Witness Warns of AGI Arms Race as Enterprise AI and SMB Tools Expand (AM)
Stuart Russell warns of an AGI arms race at the OpenAI trial, as Anthropic and OpenAI push enterprise AI and…
4 May 2026: Pentagon Signs Military AI Contracts With Seven Tech Firms as Anthropic Steps Aside
The Pentagon has signed military AI contracts with seven tech giants while Anthropic steps aside on ethics. Plus Harvard's AI…
What information should you never put into an AI tool?
Every time you open a chat window, you are deciding what to share. Here is what should stay out of…
4 May 2026: AI Beats Doctors in Harvard Triage Test, GPT-5.5 Hits Mythos Cyber Bar (AM)
OpenAI's o1 beat ER doctors in a Harvard study, while AISI confirms GPT-5.5 matches Mythos Preview at the cybersecurity frontier.
3 May 2026: Harvard Study Finds AI More Accurate Than Emergency Room Doctors
A Harvard study found AI beat ER doctors at diagnosis, the Oscars banned AI-generated actors, and the Pentagon signed AI…
How to check whether an AI answer is any good
AI tools answer everything with the same calm confidence. A practical guide to checking when an AI answer is right,…
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.