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Google and OpenAI are discussing agreements to pay publishers over using content to train generative AI models
Congress party asks platform’s parent Google to investigate whether media content is being suppressed
Microsoft, Amazon and Google among those to cut ‘responsible AI’ teams as part of broader reductions
US tech group’s Jigsaw division leads initiative as UK and EU introduce tough laws to police online content
Moves by Alphabet, Meta and Salesforce come as companies respond to downturn in sector’s stocks by cutting costs
Investigation by children’s digital rights charity highlights policies of Google Classroom and ClassDojo
Microsoft, Google and Meta are using more water to cool down data centres that power artificial intelligence products
Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have all shifted estimates of how long they will use technical equipment
Tech company launches new advanced models that can be run through mobile phones and vastly reduce computing costs
UK insurer to automate evaluation of specialist risks in tech collaboration it calls a first for London market
Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google pick a US think-tank expert to head up their joint forum
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...Additional reporting by Cristina Criddle...
Former ‘health coaches’ tell the FT about concerns with weight-loss targets and staffing at $4.2bn start-up
NFTs pioneer Yuga Labs discussing financing with Silicon Valley investor that would value it at up to $5bn
Big tech groups are racing to incorporate the groundbreaking new technology into their products
Tech giant pledges to allow developers to use alternatives to its Google Play billing system in the UK
Activision president to join Yuga Labs as it prepares to build ‘Otherside’ metaverse
...Here, Hanke tells FT technology reporter Cristina Criddle why he wants to enhance the real world, rather than create a synthetic one....
...Additional reporting by Cristina Criddle in London...
Decision to disregard shareholder vote is latest corporate drama ahead of Elon Musk’s planned $44bn takeover
Yuga Labs made $300mn from virtual land deeds but the sale exposed problems with its egalitarian vision for ‘Otherside’
Move comes after Apple introduced user privacy measures that shook $400bn digital ads industry
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