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Microsoft-backed OpenAI valued at $80bn after company completes deal
Company to sell existing shares in ‘tender offer’ led by venture firm Thrive Capital, in similar...
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Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement...
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Lyft stock soars thanks to Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and layoffs
Rides to stadiums for music tours and sports events grew more than 35% in 2023 as...
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Musk ordered to testify again in SEC investigation of Twitter takeover
US regulator sued in October to compel Musk to testify as part of an investigation into...
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AI firm considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections
Midjourney’s CEO David Holz says company close to ‘hammering’ images of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and...
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Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public
Seine-Port is introducing restrictions on phone use in streets, shops and parks – but young people...
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Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which Meta said violated its policiesMeta...
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Piers Morgan to leave TalkTV show to focus on YouTube
Some interviews will still be shown on TalkTV but Morgan calls commitment to daily show ‘unnecessary...
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Viral videos of Tesla drivers using VR headsets prompt US government alarm
Transportation head says drivers must pay attention at all times after clips emerge of some using...
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Company worker in Hong Kong pays out £20m in deepfake video call scam
Police investigate after employee says she was tricked into sending money to fraudsters posing as senior...
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Spotify signs new deal with Joe Rogan reportedly worth up to $250m
Rogan’s podcast has been exclusive to the app since 2020, with the firm saying its revenue...
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Mark Zuckerberg to receive $700m from Meta dividends
Facebook’s parent company to pay out to shareholders as it reports $40bn revenues for final quarterMeta...
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Australian ‘contemporary’ portrait prize allows entries wholly generated by AI
Organisers of Brisbane Portrait Prize back artificial intelligence stating art is not stagnant and ‘traditionalists’ once...
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Dozens in Jordan targeted by authorities using NSO spyware, report finds
Findings suggest Jordan is relying on cyberweapon to quash dissent and its use is ‘staggeringly widespread’About...
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‘I just got laid off’: news startup the Messenger abruptly shutters after a year
Employees blindsided by news that company blew through $50m investment, will offer no severance and will...
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Universal Music Group threatens to pull song catalog from TikTok in furious open letter
UMG said it will remove all songs from TikTok after it accused the social media platform...
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Georgia’s Fulton county hacked, but DA says Trump election case is unaffected
Many county systems are inoperative, but the district attorney’s office says the racketeering case against the...
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Welsh semiconductor factory ‘left in limbo’ as Westminster fails to approve US takeover
Labour criticises government ‘dithering’, after Vishay deal last autumn to buy chip maker Newport Wafer Fab...
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Tesla delivers underwhelming earnings despite Cybertruck launch and high vehicle deliveries
Electric vehicle manufacturer’s earnings in the fourth quarter of 2023 missed analyst expectationsDespite putting a new...
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Precarious conditions of AI ‘ghost workers’ revealed by Google termination of Appen contract, union says
Alphabet Workers’ Union says contract’s end will have ‘devastating impact’ on subcontractors who do the grunt...
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Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit
Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr’s lawsuit claims he was misidentified as culprit of armed robbery and put...
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Eden Young fellowship to mentor aspiring working-class journalist
Online publication Polyester will train writer in honour of its managing editor who died last yearA...
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Sheryl Sandberg to leave board of Facebook parent Meta
Former chief operating officer was lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-driven business modelSheryl Sandberg is to...
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Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s top smartphone seller
iPhone maker ends South Korean rival’s 12-year lead, as Xiaomi, Honor and Google divide Android marketApple...