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John ThornhillFinancial Times |
The president is surrounded by the leaders of the richest and most powerful companies in history — but their dominance may yet be checked
The emergence of a powerful tech elite close to Donald Trump has jarring echoes with Russia
Artificial general intelligence may be transformational but it carries risks and demands investors’ patience
Momentum has been slowing but the country boasts enviable technical skills and a burgeoning entrepreurial culture
An optimistic view of the technology sees the possibility of it offering humans ‘superagency’ rather than as a threat
Big companies are trumpeting the value of consumer-facing personal digital helpers to make our lives easier
IQ hierarchies are a dangerous myth
Helsinki shows how reinvigoration can work but co-ordinated help for entrepreneurs across the continent is needed
The woes of 23andMe highlight consumer concern over privacy issues
This may be the ultimate industry for providing very lucrative but ineffective solutions
Sectors like semiconductors and AI can reshape — or, in some cases, conjure up entirely new — markets
Several of the top AI leaders are now tamping down the fear factor and turning up the volume on hope and hype
There’s a bull market for the fast-changing sector but investing and innovating in weapons carries risks
A new film based on the life of Brian Eno raises some profound questions about the disruptive effects of AI
Not everyone learns from things going wrong but progress depends upon it
The EU has to tackle the drain of valuable tech companies to US capital markets
Telegram has failed to distinguish between the demands of autocratic regimes and legitimate democratic requests
The rivalry between Buffon and Linnaeus has lessons about disrupters and exploitation
Venture capital investors and high-tech start-ups are discovering an appetite for the defence sector
The ruling in the antitrust case against the tech group will reverberate throughout the global digital economy
Synthetic data risks ‘model collapse’ but may spur renewed interest in robotics
The decision of the Israeli-founded cyber security company and Google to call off their match has lessons for the tech sector
Rather than anything more malicious, the trigger for the cyber failure seems to have been a prosaic software update
Investors will expect stratospheric rewards from the extraordinary surge in investment