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  • ‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model

    Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their content When the chief executive of the Financial Times suggested at a media conference this summer that rival publishers might consider a “Nato for news” alliance to strengthen negotiations with artificial intelligence companies there was a ripple…

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  • Hundreds of TikTok UK moderator jobs at risk despite new online safety rules

    Cuts in trust and safety team part of switch towards artificial intelligence by social media app firm TikTok has put hundreds of UK content moderators’ jobs at risk, even as tighter rules come into effect to stop the spread of harmful material online. The viral video app said several hundred jobs in its trust and…

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  • Intel shares jump after report says Trump administration looking at stake

    Market value passes $104bn despite White House saying claims of talks to invest in factories are ‘speculation’ Shares in Intel have jumped 7.4% after it was reported that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the struggling US chipmaker. The potential investment, which would be paid for by the US government, would be…

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  • Musk hails $16.5bn Samsung deal to supply Tesla with AI chips

    South Korean tech company will produce carmaker’s next-generation semiconductors at new plant in Texas Business live – latest updates Samsung has agreed a $16.5bn (£12.3bn) deal to manufacture artificial intelligence chips for Tesla, in a move hailed by Elon Musk. The South Korean tech company announced the contract with an unnamed client in a regulatory…

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