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European CEOs urge Brussels to halt landmark AI Act

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Financial Times 3 place · 07/03/2025 00:00 EDT

The heads of Airbus and BNP Paribas join intense lobbying effort against new regulations Read more ›

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Meta’s AI climate tool raised false hope of CO₂ removal, scientists say

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Financial Times · 07/03/2025 00:00 EDT

Big Tech group accused of using inaccurate data in effort to identify materials that can attract carbon dioxide from the air Read more ›

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How hopeful can we be about AI climate tech?

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Financial Times · 07/03/2025 00:00 EDT

Results that look great in a lab sometimes struggle in real life Read more ›

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OpenAI signs $30bn data centre deal with Oracle

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Financial Times · 07/02/2025 19:06 EDT

Stargate joint venture with SoftBank seeks more computing power to run powerful AI models Read more ›

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Microsoft to cut 4 per cent of staff in new wave of lay-offs

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Financial Times · 07/02/2025 12:43 EDT

Latest firings take job losses to 7 per cent of computing group’s workforce since January Read more ›

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Bumble chief criticises staff for ‘freaking out’ over London job cuts

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Financial Times · 07/02/2025 11:12 EDT

CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd warns ‘dating apps are feeling like a thing of the past’ Read more ›

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America must not defang Europe’s new tech law

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Financial Times · 07/02/2025 10:25 EDT

The EU’s DMA is the world’s most potent tool to curtail monopolistic self-dealing by US Big Tech Read more ›

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Tech venture firms deploy private equity ‘roll-up’ strategy

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Financial Times 3 place · 07/02/2025 00:00 EDT

Thrive Capital’s backing of Savvy Wealth is part of growing effort to fund groups that go on to buy similar companies Read more ›

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Swedish AI ‘vibe-coding’ start-up Lovable valued at almost $2bn

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Financial Times · 07/02/2025 00:00 EDT

Two-year-old group nears more than $150mn in new funding as investors swarm around AI coding businesses Read more ›

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Tech billionaires back new lender Erebor as Silicon Valley Bank rival

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Financial Times 3 place · 07/01/2025 17:59 EDT

Start-up named after the dragon’s mountain in ‘Lord of the Rings’ Read more ›

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US Senate overwhelmingly rejects plan to stop states regulating AI

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Financial Times · 07/01/2025 13:54 EDT

Controversial proposal for 10-year ‘moratorium’ backed by Big Tech defeated 99 to one in vote Read more ›

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Brainlab shelves IPO in latest blow to Europe’s struggling listings market

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Financial Times · 07/01/2025 09:19 EDT

German medical technology company’s decision comes after car parts retailer Autodoc pushes back flotation plans Read more ›

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US Senate rejects plan to stop states regulating AI

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Financial Times 3 place · 07/01/2025 05:53 EDT

Controversial proposal backed by Big Tech had caused split within Republican party Read more ›

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EU wants to bridge finance gap for quantum computing, says tech chief

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Financial Times · 07/01/2025 00:00 EDT

Brussels unveils new strategy in effort to boost funding for start-ups and reduce dependence on the US Read more ›

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AI talent wars lead to superstar salaries for top tech staff

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Financial Times · 07/01/2025 00:00 EDT

OpenAI says it will review its compensation to high-profile engineers after being targeted by Meta Read more ›

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In defence of the second-mover advantage

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Financial Times · 07/01/2025 00:00 EDT

In AI, the message ‘act now or miss out’ has more in common with high-pressure sales than business strategy Read more ›

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New UK government app to streamline access to public services

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Financial Times · 06/30/2025 17:30 EDT

Initial rollout will be in ‘beta’ mode that connects to existing websites Read more ›

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Oracle shares hit record high on $30bn cloud contract

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Financial Times 3 place · 06/30/2025 16:28 EDT

Data centre group says business from unnamed new client will start to generate revenue by 2028 Read more ›

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Oracle shares hit record high on $30bn cloud deal

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Financial Times · 06/30/2025 12:45 EDT

Data centre group says business from unnamed new client will start to generate revenue by 2028 Read more ›

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Microsoft unveils AI diagnosis tool in effort to transform medicine

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Financial Times 2 place · 06/30/2025 09:00 EDT

Research is first initiative from Big Tech group’s AI health unit formed by ex-DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman Read more ›

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