Simon Hunt

Firing Sam Altman has thrown the AI race back open

21 November 2023 2:42 am

Until this week, OpenAI seemed like an unstoppable force. In the space of little more than a year, the San…

WhatsApp is right to be angry about the UK’s encryption mess

15 August 2023 5:16 am

The world’s biggest tech firms have lined up to lambast the latest incarnation of the Online Safety Bill and Investigatory…

Why Threads is failing to win over Twitter users

20 July 2023 1:38 am

When Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta released Threads earlier this month, it looked to be the biggest threat to Twitter in the…

How Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse gamble backfired

20 May 2023 4:00 pm

Less than two years ago, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg bet the house on the metaverse. Zuckerberg believed that his virtual…

Is Elon Musk a genius or a dud?

30 April 2023 3:45 pm

When he bought Twitter in October last year, Elon Musk set out a bold vision for the bird app. The…

The EU must tread carefully in its AI crackdown

23 April 2023 5:15 pm

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has surged in popularity in recent months. ChatGPT alone has swelled to more than 100 million users…