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.
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, and why is a Chinese AI model suddenly matching the American flagships?
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…
24 April 2026: GPT-5.5 Arrives and Sierra Buys Its Way Into Agentic Growth (AM)
OpenAI ships GPT-5.5 as the super app race speeds up, Sierra buys Fragment for agent growth, and Anthropic explains Claude…
23 April 2026: Google’s TPUs take on Nvidia as Cursor fields a $60 billion SpaceX offer
Google's new TPUs challenge Nvidia, SpaceX circles Cursor with a $60 billion offer, and Google Workspace turns into your AI…
AI note-taking and productivity tools: what is actually useful
Otter, Notion AI, Mem, Reflect, Obsidian plugins: which AI productivity tools save time, and which just pretend to.
23 April 2026: Microsoft’s Australia Bet, SoftBank Borrows on OpenAI (AM)
Microsoft pledges A$25bn to Australian AI infrastructure, SoftBank borrows $10bn against its OpenAI shares, and OpenAI hands ChatGPT to US…
22 April 2026: Google’s Agent Platform and OpenAI’s Image Upgrade Lead a Packed Day
Google unveiled new AI chips and an enterprise agent platform at Cloud Next, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.0, and Anthropic…