I’m an AI expert, so how did I get gaslit by ChatGPT? January 6, 2026 If Lewis Liu, AI founder and safety expert, was left questioning himself then we’re all at risk of losing our sense of reality and the diversity of thought to convincing, lowest-common-denominator Generative AI output Last month on Jimmy Fallon’s show, Sam Altman said he asks ChatGPT about every minor detail for raising his baby: “I [...]
Auction Tech fends off 11 takeover bids from largest shareholder January 5, 2026 Digital marketplace Auction Technology Group has fended off 11 hostile takeover bids from its largest shareholder. The London-listed tech firm said on Monday it had dismissed the latest offer from investment giant FitzWalter Capital, which valued ATG at 360p per share. ATG said the bid – which was received on 23 December – “fundamentally undervalued” [...]
Brits increasingly turning to ChatGPT for investment advice December 31, 2025 Far more UK savers are now turning to tools such as ChatGPT to help make investment decisions, new research shows. A survey of 1,000 adults by STRAT7 found that 55 per cent have used AI-powered platforms for financial guidance over the past year. On average, each user has invested around £2,350. City AM reported in [...]
12 predictions for AI in 2026 December 18, 2025 A year of building an AI business has given Lewis Liu a lot to think about. He gives us his 12 AI assumptions to live by in 2026.
‘It probably could do my job’: New ChatGPT model catches up with junior bank analysts December 12, 2025 OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT model on Thursday, which they claim is the first to outperform human experts. The software, GPT-5.2, is specifically designed for professional use and was tested using tasks which would typically be assigned to a junior analyst at an investment bank. These included putting together a three-statement model for a Fortune [...]
The Debate: Should you use AI for financial guidance? November 19, 2025 Many Brits have turned to AI chatbots for financial guidance, but should they? We get two experts to go head to head in this week's Debate.
Cloudflare outage takes X, ChatGPT and other major sites offline November 18, 2025 A major Cloudflare outage has triggered a global internet disruption, knocking offline some of the world’s most heavily used websites. The likes of X, ChatGPT, Canva and major online services have gone dark, in what has quickly become one of the largest internet failures of the year. The issue began on Tuesday morning and escalated [...]
OpenAI eyes $1 trillion IPO as soon as 2026 October 30, 2025 OpenAI has begun preparations for a blockbuster float that could see the tech juggernaut valued at as much as $1 trillion (£750bn). The ChatGPT maker is understood to be considering filing IPO paperwork as soon as the second half of 2026, with the listing taking place later that year or early the following year. OpenAI [...]
PayPal teams up with OpenAI to enable payments in ChatGPT October 29, 2025 PayPal has announced a deal with Sam Altman’s OpenAI to embed its digital wallet directly into ChatGPT, allowing its users to shop and pay for products through the AI platform starting in 2026. Under the agreement, PayPal’s global network will be linked to OpenAI, enabling millions of items to be purchased instantly within ChatGPT. This [...]
ChatGPT: OpenAI’s safety upgrade offers an illusion of care October 28, 2025 OpenAI has recently told users that its latest chatbot update aims to become a safer tool for users experiencing distress, particularly when showing signs of psychosis, mania, self-harm, and overall emotional over-reliance on AI. The company, known for its trigger of the AI boom in November 2022 and quasi-synonymous to conversational chatbots, said the changes were informed [...]