All articles by Lara Williams

Lara Williams

Lara Williams is managing editor of Verdict technology. An experienced writer, Lara previously worked as deputy editor of the Financial Times’s fDi Magazine. Lara has a background in technology journalism writing for the UK’s Computing magazine and has spent almost a decade living in Silicon Valley.

Features

Should your business embrace radical transparency? Otter.ai’s CEO thinks you have no choice

Otter.ai CEO and founder Sam Liang has taken the company far beyond a mere AI transcription tool. The business is built on a philosophy of radical transparency which Liang says will drive the modern enterprise.

Features

Could AI transparency backfire for businesses?

A recent study finds that AI disclosure erodes user trust instead of building it. Do businesses need to think again? Lara Williams reports

Opinion

Opinion: Why financial firms must rip up the open banking playbook in the AI economy

Yuval Samet, CEO of financial wellbeing platform RiseUp, says financial firms must leverage AI to bridge the gap between raw financial data and real customer value.

Features

Opinion: Businesses must consider the EU’s Data Act now or risk falling behind

Shaun Hurst, principal regulatory advisor at AI data compliance platform Smarsh, urges multinational companies operating in the continent to consider the new legislation carefully.

Features

Stop hiring humans? Business leaders face AI labour arbitrage

Despite warnings from a handful of vocal tech industry figures, most enterprise leaders are publicly hailing AI as a job enabler rather than a job displacer. But can something so counterintuitive be true?

Features

Agentic AI enterprise adoption: balancing reward against risk

Agentic AI can transform workflows to improve enterprise efficiency and decision-making. But deployment is not without risk.

Features

Quantum-as-a-service: Is your business ready?

Quantum-as-a-service has emerged as the business model and first point of engagement for many businesses exploring quantum computing. But when is the right time to start?

Features

Future-proofing quantum: What should businesses do now?

Government administrations worldwide anticipate quantum computing threats on the horizon. But with differing timeline predictions for the technology’s maturity, what are businesses to do?

Opinion

Opinion: Blocking CBDCs and making the US dollar great again in Trump 2.0

FNA director for central banks and financial market infrastructure, Carlos León, outlines how US President Trump will impact the global CBDC project.

Features

Enterprise GenAI: value vs hype?

Use case fit and demonstrable value are emerging as the new tenets of a technology that had promised the world.