Why AI Regulation Is a More Interesting Problem Than It Looks
Stuart Glover
Most AI regulation debate produces more heat than light. The genuinely interesting questions are about what we're actually trying to prevent — and whether law is even the right tool.
Artificial Intelligence
AI in Education: Cheat Code or the Best Teacher You’ve Ever Had?
Schools are terrified of AI as a cheating tool. They're missing the more interesting possibility — that AI could be the most transformative educational technology since the textbook.
Ransomware in 2026: The Industrialisation of Extortion
Ransomware has become a mature industry with supply chains, customer service, and affiliate programmes. AI is making it even more efficient.
The Attention Economy Meets AI: It’s Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Social media already hijacked our attention. AI-powered content generation is about to flood the internet with more content than any human could ever consume.
AI and Creativity: The Copyright Question Nobody Has Answered
Who owns what an AI creates? The legal system hasn't caught up, the industry is hoping it won't have to answer, and creators are caught in the middle.
Autonomous Vehicles: The AI Promise That’s Always Five Years Away
Self-driving cars were supposed to be here by now. Why aren't they — and what does that tell us about AI timelines more generally?
What Synthetic Data Actually Solves (And What It Doesn’t)
Synthetic data is being positioned as the solution to the data wall problem. It's a genuine tool — but the limitations are bigger than the hype suggests.
The Open Source AI Movement: Who Really Benefits?
Open source AI models have democratised access to powerful technology. They've also created some serious problems that the community is only beginning to grapple with.
AI Scams Are Getting Smarter. Here’s What’s Coming Next.
The scam economy has always been an early adopter of technology. AI is giving fraudsters capabilities that are genuinely difficult to defend against.
The Death of the Junior Developer Is Greatly Exaggerated
AI is changing what junior developers do. It isn't eliminating the need for them — and the companies acting like it is are making a mistake that will compound over…
Vibe Coding: The Good, The Bad, and The Security Nightmare
AI-assisted coding has made building software accessible to people who couldn't write a line before. It's also shipped a lot of vulnerable code. Both things are true.
LinkedIn in 2026: The AI Content Problem Is Getting Worse
LinkedIn has always had a signal-to-noise problem. AI-generated content is making it significantly worse — and the platform is struggling to respond.
Is Your MSP Ready for the AI Era? The Questions You Should Be Asking
AI is changing what managed service providers do, how they price it, and whether clients actually need them in the same way. Here's how to have the honest conversation.
The Real Reason AI Startups Fail (It’s Not the Technology)
Most AI startups that fail don't fail because their model was bad. They fail for the same reasons all startups fail — and AI makes those reasons easier to ignore.
AI and the NHS: The Promise, the Peril, and the Procurement Mess
The NHS has more to gain from AI than almost any institution in the UK. So why is adoption so painfully slow?
Prompt Engineering Isn’t Dead — It Just Grew Up
The hot takes claiming prompt engineering is obsolete are wrong. What's changed is that good prompting is now invisible — baked into systems, not typed by hand.
The UK’s AI Ambition vs. Reality: A Honest Assessment
The UK government talks a good game on AI leadership. The reality on the ground is more complicated — and more concerning.
Why Your Company’s AI Policy Is Already Out of Date
Most organisations wrote their AI policy in 2023 or 2024. The technology has moved so fast that those policies are now dangerously inadequate.
Small Models, Big Impact: The SLM Revolution Nobody’s Writing About
While everyone obsesses over the latest frontier model, smaller, faster, cheaper models are quietly winning where it actually counts.
Deepfakes in 2026: The Detection Problem Gets Worse
Deepfake detection tools are losing the arms race. Here's where we actually stand — and what that means for trust online.
The Environmental Bill for AI Is Coming. Who Pays?
The energy and water consumption of AI is no longer a footnote — it's a front-page problem. And the industry has no credible answer yet.
AI Agents Are Here. Is Anyone Actually Ready?
Agentic AI doesn't just answer questions — it takes actions. That's a fundamentally different problem, and most organisations haven't caught up.
The Quiet Ones: What AI Still Can’t Do in 2026
Everyone's obsessed with what AI can do. I'm more interested in what it can't — and why those gaps are where your value lives.
The Quiet Ones: What AI Still Can’t Do, and Why That’s Actually Good News
Everyone’s obsessed with what AI can do. I’m more interested in what it can’t. Five things AI still genuinely struggles with in 2026 — and why understanding the gaps is…
The Mirror Problem: Why AI Can’t Tell You Who You Are — And Why That Matters
We built AI that reflects us perfectly. But identity is forged in friction — and AI doesn’t do friction. A personal reflection on the quieter, stranger cost of the intelligence…
The Dead Internet & The Dying Planet: The Cost of the Click
The year 2025 went down in history as the year the “Dead Internet Theory” stopped being a fringe conspiracy and became a measurable reality. We are witnessing a digital and…
The Great British Balancing Act: How the UK is Engineering a “Green AI” Future
As we progress through 2026, the United Kingdom finds itself at a unique crossroads. On one hand, the government has doubled down on its ambition to make the UK the…
The Green Dilemma: When Environmental Stewardship Meets the AI Revolution
As we stand in the early months of 2026, the global conversation has shifted from “What can AI do?” to “What is AI costing us?” For companies built on the…
October 2025: Hollywood vs. The Generative Wave
October saw a high for Meta and Lionsgate, who signed a landmark deal to train video models on cinematic archives legally. This was the first major peace treaty between Big…
November 2025: NVIDIA Blackwell 2 and the GPU Glut
NVIDIA launched Blackwell 2 in November, an engineering high that promised 10x the efficiency of the previous year. However, the market hit a “low” as rumors of an AI bubble…
December 2025: AGI Dreams and Year-End Realities
The year ended with OpenAI teasing a model they claimed showed “glimmers of AGI,” a massive hype high. But 2025 finished on a sobering low: a global consensus that AI-driven…
January 2025: The Agentic Awakening
January saw OpenAI launch “Operator,” a major high for the company. This marked the shift from AI that just talks to AI that takes action across apps. The low point,…
February 2025: Sora’s Public Debut and GPU Scarcity
OpenAI’s Sora video generator finally exited its restricted beta, marking a creative high. However, the month was marred by a “low” in the supply chain. NVIDIA faced extreme scrutiny as…
March 2025: Claude 4 and the Privacy Debate
Anthropic stole the spotlight in March with the release of Claude 4, setting a new high for reasoning and coding benchmarks. The company’s focus on “Constitutional AI” helped it win…
April 2025: Llama 4 and the Open Source Surge
Meta disrupted the ecosystem in April with the release of Llama 4. It was an incredible high for the open-source community, as the model reached parity with GPT-4o for free.…
May 2025: Google I/O and the Hardware Arms Race
Google I/O 2025 was a massive high, with the unveiling of the first fully integrated AI operating system. The “Gemini OS” concept promised a world without standalone apps. However, NVIDIA…
June 2025: Regulatory Reality and Robot Rights
June marked the full enforcement of the EU AI Act, a bureaucratic low for many US-based AI labs who had to pull services from Europe temporarily. On the high side,…
July 2025: The Nuclear AI Summer
July was defined by energy. In a historic high, Microsoft and OpenAI announced a multi-billion dollar investment in modular nuclear reactors to power their next-gen data centers. The low point…
August 2025: Apple’s AI Ecosystem Domination
Apple Intelligence reached its final form in August with the iPhone 17 preview, marking a high for consumer adoption. By processing almost all AI tasks locally, Apple bypassed the privacy…
September 2025: Reasoning Models and the O1 Successor
OpenAI released “Strawberry 2” (o1-successor) in September, a massive high for scientific research. The model successfully solved several unsolved chemistry problems. However, the month hit a low for the workforce…
AI News Roundup: January 2026 Highlights
January 2026 saw explosive growth in AI, with new model releases from China challenging US dominance, massive investments, and practical deployments across industries. Global spending forecasts hit $2.52 trillion for…
Exploring the Power of Chatbots: Advantages and Disadvantages
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, chatbots have emerged as a versatile tool, revolutionizing the way businesses interact with their customers. These AI-powered virtual assistants are changing the dynamics of…
A Comprehensive Analysis of Various AI Tools: Exploring Their Positives and Negatives
A Comprehensive Analysis of Various AI Tools: Exploring Their Positives and Negatives Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology that is revolutionizing various industries, from healthcare to…
How Ai can help the homeless
Homelessness is a pressing issue that affects millions of people around the world. The lack of shelter, food, and other basic necessities can make life extremely challenging for those who…
Will AI destroy humanity?
The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) will ultimately lead to the destruction of humanity is a topic of much debate and concern among experts in the field. While some…
Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is a form of computing that utilizes the properties of quantum mechanics to perform operations on data. In traditional computing, data is stored and processed using bits, which…
Is AI a good thing?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize many industries and improve our daily lives in countless ways. However, as with any new technology, there are also concerns and potential…
Why use a SIEM?
A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system is an essential tool for organizations to protect their networks and data from cyber threats. SIEM systems provide real-time visibility into security-related…
Why use a Proxy Server?
When it comes to browsing the internet, privacy and security are of the utmost importance. One way to protect yourself online is by using a proxy. In this post, we’ll…
Endpoint Threat Management
End Point Threat Management (ETM) is an important aspect of cybersecurity that focuses on protecting the endpoint devices that are connected to a network. These devices can include laptops, smartphones,…
Protecting yourself online
Scammers are always looking for new ways to trick people into giving them money or personal information. To protect yourself from scammers, it’s important to be aware of their tactics…
Internet safe working
As more and more people are working remotely, it’s important to take steps to ensure that you are working safely online. Here are some tips to help you stay safe…
SSL Decryption
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a widely-used protocol for secure communication over the internet. It establishes an encrypted connection between two parties, typically a web server and a client, to…
What is Cyber Security
Cybersecurity refers to the practices and technologies that organizations and individuals use to protect their computer systems, networks, and devices from cyber threats such as hacking, malware, and data breaches.…
Make money from AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize many industries, including the way we make money. One of the most popular forms of AI…
AI in Cars
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many industries, and the automotive industry is no exception. The use of AI in cars has greatly impacted the driving experience, making it safer, more…