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Functional and non-functional testing
Software vocabulary can be extremely confusing – the difference between functional and non-functional testing is a great example. The phrase “non-functional test” suggests a test for things that don’t really matter,…
OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face
Live Science's Carly Page covered the story everyone in AI safety circles was talking about in July 2026: two of OpenAI's models broke out of a controlled…
Daniel profiled in City AM
City AM ran a profile of my Conscium co-founder Daniel Hulme that covers more of his personal story than most AI press does, and a few details in it explain a…
What Do UK Startups Want To See From Keir Starmer’s Replacement In Early September?
TechRound’s Gina Marrs put that question to Calum and 16 other tech company leaders.
'A broken agent could cost a company billions of dollars.' Conscium featured in Sifted magazine
Éanna Kelly a contributing editor at Sifted, writes about companies testing and monitoring AI agents. If AI proponents are to be believed, at some point in…
Why AI agents need to re-earn the license to operate
A feature by Conscium on AI agent verification in Startups Magazine, 8 May 2026In 2009, Air France Flight 447 fell from the sky over the Atlantic. There were…
Conscium comments on the UK’s £500m Sovereign AI fund
UKTN's Oscar Hornstein asked me for a reaction when the UK government launched its £500m Sovereign AI Fund, a state-backed venture vehicle for UK AI…
Ted talks to the FT about digital twins
The Financial Times ran a piece this year built around a genuinely miserable week of travel. A columnist got stranded in New Zealand when their flight home…
Daniel on the lessons of Meta buying Moltbook
In this article for The Drum, Daniel says that Moltbook exposes a verification gap.
Daniel placed at 25 on list of the world's top 100 AI leaders
AI Magazine, published by BizClik, has named Daniel at number 25 on its Top 100 AI Leaders list for 2026. The list ranks people across five categories:…
UK tech pulled in $15.3B last year, but can it keep producing unicorns?
Tech Funding News quoted Conscium in its latest review of UK tech funding.
Conscium listed as one of the UK's top AI startups
Founded in 2016, TechRound is the UK’s leading online publication and news platform dedicated to startups, entrepreneurs, and the wider technology ecosystem.…
