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Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups

Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data showsTech companies have been meeting government ministers at a rate of more than once per working day, enjoying high-level political access that dwarfs that of child safety and copyright campaigners, who called the pattern “shocking” and “disturbing”.Amazon, […]

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‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward

Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AIWill the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty – or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer.The

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Apple väljer Google Gemini för nästa generation av Siri

Apple har äntligen gjort det som många väntat på, de har slagit sig samman med Google för att ge Siri den AI-boost den så desperat behövt. Efter år av kritik för att Siri varit tråkig jämfört med konkurrenter som ChatGPT och Google Assistant, är det dags för en riktig uppgradering. Efter noggrann utvärdering av flera

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OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

On Friday, OpenAI announced it will begin testing advertisements inside the ChatGPT app for some US users in a bid to expand its customer base and diversify revenue. The move represents a reversal for CEO Sam Altman, who in 2024 described advertising in ChatGPT as a “last resort” and expressed concerns that ads could erode

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TSMC says AI demand is “endless” after record Q4 earnings

On Thursday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported record fourth-quarter earnings and said it expects AI chip demand to continue for years. During an earnings call, CEO C.C. Wei told investors that while he cannot predict the semiconductor industry’s long-term trajectory, he remains bullish on AI. TSMC manufactures chips for companies including Apple, Nvidia, AMD,

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Google Launches TranslateGemma, Takes On ChatGPT Translate

Google on January 15, announced TranslateGemma, a new suite of open translation models built on Gemma 3, to support text translation across 55 languages.  The models are available in 4B, 12B, and 27B parameter sizes and are intended for use across mobile, local, and cloud environments, the company said. According to Google, TranslateGemma offers higher

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Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

On Thursday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced licensing deals with Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI, expanding its effort to charge major tech companies for using Wikipedia content to train the AI models that power AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. While these same companies previously scraped Wikipedia without permission, the deals mean

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Google Launches Market Access Programme to Scale Indian AI startups

Google has announced a new market access initiative and two open-source AI models to support Indian startups from early-stage development to global scale at the Google AI Startups Conclave held in the national capital. Google Market Access Program aims to help Indian AI startups transition from pilot projects to long-term enterprise contracts. “Indian startups are

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Gemini Introduces Personal Intelligence to Connect Gmail, Photos and Other Google Apps

Google has introduced Personal Intelligence, a new feature for its AI assistant Gemini, which allows users to connect their Google apps—such as Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search—to receive more context-aware responses.  Access to Personal Intelligence will roll out over the next week to eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the US.

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Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers

Google has toyed with personalized answers in Gemini, but that was just a hint of what was to come. Today, the company is announcing extensive “personal intelligence” in Gemini that allows the chatbot to connect to Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube to craft more useful answers to your questions. If you don’t want Gemini to

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