‘In the AI field, there will be an increasingly fragmented regulatory environment’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly rejected Elon Musk’s $97 billion unsolicited bid, explaining to attendees at a Paris summit on AI that the company is not for sale. OpenAI is controlled by a nonprofit board bound to its original mission of safely bu…

Reynolds hits โ€˜resetโ€™ on competition

SNEAK PEEK โ€”ย  The government is giving the CMA a โ€˜resetโ€™. The CMA will try to show itโ€™s got the message. โ€”ย Peter Kyle explains the U.K.โ€™s AI summit statement snub. โ€”ย MPs pick up where peers left off on copyright. Good morning and happy Thursday, This is Tom, back home. You can get in touch with [โ€ฆ]

UK dances to Vanceโ€™s tune

SNEAK PEEK โ€” Where does the Paris summit leave the U.K.โ€™s AI policy? โ€”ย MPs tackle the data bill, amendments and all. โ€”ย Patrick Vallance sets out his plan to remake science. Good morning and welcome to Wednesday, This is Tom, heading back to London from a gloomy City of Light. Come and say hi if youโ€™re [โ€ฆ]

Et vous, comment รฉtait votre sommet ?

AU MENU โ€” De la sรฉcuritรฉ ร  lโ€™action : comment le monde sโ€™est laissรฉ sรฉduire par lโ€™IA. โ€” Mรฉga-datacenters, mรฉgadoutes ? โ€” Les enfants ont leur nouvel ange gardien. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous, nous sommes mercredi 12 fรฉvrier et le Sommet pour lโ€™IA est dรฉjร  (enfin ?) terminรฉ. Pour fรชter รงa, Tech Matin [โ€ฆ]

โ€˜Dickโ€™ vs. โ€˜pimpโ€™: Elon Musk and French billionaire trade insults

Musk resurfaced a decades-old controversy about Xavier Nielโ€™s past after the French billionaire jokingly called him a โ€œdick.โ€

Time to sign?

SNEAK PEEK โ€” JD Vance lands in Paris as the U.K. tries to get on message.ย  โ€”ย Peter Kyle says an AI bill will avoid upsetting voluntary agreement with AI labs. โ€”ย The U.K.โ€™s own mini-summit kicks off in London. Good morning and happy Tuesday, This is Tom, coming to you from a cold press room in [โ€ฆ]

Flop ou pas flop : journรฉe dรฉcisive pour le Sommet sur lโ€™IA

AU MENU โ€” Suspens : qui signera la grande dรฉclaration finale au Grand Palais ? โ€” Impact environnemental de lโ€™IA : en avant lโ€™autorรฉgulation. โ€” Des entreprises dโ€™IA sโ€™engagent pour protรฉger les enfants. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous,ย nous sommes mardi 11 fรฉvrier et vous lisez Tech matin. Pour ce dernier jour de sommet, votre [โ€ฆ]

โ€˜No thank youโ€™: OpenAI founder rejects Elon Muskโ€™s reported bid to buy nonprofit

The offer is the latest skirmish between the two tech titans.

Paris follows a cut-price Olympics with a low-cost AI summit

France is hosting a global artificial intelligence summit that costs far less than the U.K.’s 2023 affair.

Britain ditches AI declaration, pitches for cash

SNEAK PEEK โ€” As the AI Action Summit kicks off, the U.K. is tempted against signing its main declaration. โ€” Peter Kyle takes his investment pitch to Paris. โ€” Back at home, thereโ€™s a backlash against the Home Office over encryption. Good Monday morning, This is Tom in Paris. You can get in touch with [โ€ฆ]

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI: ‘On AI, France has created a playbook that other European nations should follow’

The head of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, writes that France has become a hub for AI in Europe, and calls on European regulators to reflect on the consequences of their decisions on tomorrow’s opportunities.

Why Trumpโ€™s AI plan made Elon Musk flip out

A feel-good photo op just triggered a billionaire slapfight. Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s really at stake.

Musk trolls Trumpโ€™s โ‚ฌ500B AI mega plan

The tech billionaire and close ally of the U.S. president sniped at one of the White House’s first major proposals.

Trump announces $500B AI investment

AI development is a significant part of the Trump administrationโ€™s tech policy proposals.

Des mรฉdias aux gรฉants de la tech, tout le monde se presse pour flatter Trump

Le prรฉsident รฉlu l’a dit lui-mรชme, pour ce second mandat, tout le monde veut รชtre son ami.

Will European Commission let AI providers write their own rules?

Despite the EUโ€™s attempts to keep up with AI updatesโ€™ breakneck speed, NGOs fear the union is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology.

EU-Beitritt von Ukraine und Moldau wird konkreter

Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brรผssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des grรถรŸten Newsrooms der europรคischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JรœRGEN KLร–CKNER Mit LAURA HรœLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” Gute Nachrichten fรผr Kyjiw: Die EU will am 25. Juni formelle Beitrittsgesprรคche mit der Ukraine und Moldau [โ€ฆ]

AI crashes Washingtonโ€™s biggest party weekend

DCโ€™s fascination with artificial intelligence is permeating after-hours social life in the capital, including this weekendโ€™s White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner festivities.

One year on from Silicon Valley Bank collapse

SNEAK PEEK โ€• Silicon Valley Bank collapsed a year ago: whatโ€™s changed? โ€• Ministers gather for U.K. Global Fraud Summit. โ€• Labour assembles crack team to advise on National Wealth Fund. Happy Monday! Welcome to another week of financial services news and views. To kick off the week we have an amazingly insightful review into [โ€ฆ]

The desirables of Davos

The 13 hottest celebs, CEOs and politicians for your panel (or party) at this yearโ€™s World Economic Forum.

Microsoft CEO defends OpenAIโ€™s โ€˜partnershipโ€™ amid EU, UK regulatorsโ€™ scrutiny

On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s Chairman and CEO, detailed his views on Tuesday (16 January) about OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft, governance, and AI-powered disinformation in a heavy election year.