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Fixing the AI industry’s PR problem

Doomers will say it’s hopeless but here are five ideas to put out the fire

03.09.2026 10

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The FT View. Meta’s settlement is a starting point

Governments can use it as leverage as they mull social media bans for minors

30.08.2026 20

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The Big Read. The multiplying risks of financing data centres

Wall Street players extending themselves to underwrite this colossal new asset class are looking to limit exposure

26.08.2026 10

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The Big Read. AI is coming for your glasses

Big Tech thinks wearables are the gateway to artificial intelligence. Critics call it cringe stalkerware

24.08.2026 20

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From balloons to pans: in praise of useful tech

Companies developing new materials with previously unknown properties could change the material world

20.08.2026 10

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The next China shock will come from open-source AI

Countries adopting Chinese models will also absorb Chinese standards and governance

17.08.2026 30

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Smile, you’re on camera: when the boss wants to read your mood

Patent records show how many companies are interested in trying to record how people feel

12.08.2026 20

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A digital iron curtain is threatening the global economy

Amid geopolitical barriers that risk slowing progress and trade, Europe can become a trusted connector

03.08.2026 30

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A digital iron curtain is threatening the global economy

Amid geopolitical barriers that risk slowing progress and trade, Europe can become a trusted connector

03.08.2026 70

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Markets are getting AI right

Recent volatility reflects economic reality

31.07.2026 40

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The FT View. In praise of the free flow of human ingenuity

Apple is suing OpenAI for alleged theft but Silicon Valley is founded on the exchange of ideas

24.07.2026 30

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AI isn’t destroying entry-level jobs. It’s changing them

Here are the ways leading companies are already responding to the AI revolution in professional services

17.07.2026 20

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The Big Read. Palantir: too tied to Trump?

Pushback to the tech group’s politics may threaten the core of its $330bn business

08.07.2026 50

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The Big Read. Can the IT sector solve the UK’s growth problem?

Information and communications technology is expanding far faster than finance. Regions outside London want a piece of the pie

29.06.2026 40

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How much compute does the world really need?

Scale cannot solve AI’s fundamental problem with accuracy

25.06.2026 70

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Trump is taking a page out of China’s sovereign AI playbook

Governments have long protected strategic industries — what is new is their willingness to become shareholders

18.06.2026 60

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To avoid backlash, tech giants must share their AI wealth before it’s too late

The US cannot wait for the worst job losses to hit before moving corporate and public policy in a pro-worker direction

17.06.2026 30

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The Big Read. The quantum computing revolution is closer than you think

Companies are betting on big implications for pharmaceuticals, financial services and crypto. But sceptics worry about hype

12.06.2026 30

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We need to learn how to argue with AI

Putting humans in the loop is pointless if they simply rubber-stamp authoritative-sounding information

08.06.2026 50

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The Pope disrupts Silicon Valley

Unlike the US president, the pontiff is choosing to grapple with the serious challenges of AI

28.05.2026 40

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Robotaxis need to be tested in real traffic

To achieve safe, cost-effective autonomy we need to see how other road users react to the vehicles

24.05.2026 40

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Fomo is a poor motivation for EU tech policy

Europe’s large public sectors are a powerful tool to build a market for native tech

11.05.2026 50

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The Big Read. Life without US tech

In Europe the reliance on American digital services is now so profound that daily life would almost cease to function without them

11.05.2026 60

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Palantir’s latest hit softwear: a $239 chore coat

Who cares about taste when billions of dollars are being bandied about?

01.05.2026 60

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The Big Read. The great American data centre divide

Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure, putting them at odds with the White House

28.04.2026 50

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Can AI discriminate if it can’t justify itself?

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Colorado raises a deeper philosophical question about artificial intelligence and democracy

26.04.2026 50

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The chips chokehold that could end the AI investment boom

Taiwan’s control of leading-edge silicon chips lies on a geostrategic faultline

09.04.2026 50

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The internet is deciding what to forget

Do digital bananas in Hawaiian shirts chatting up pineapples need to be saved for posterity? Probably not

07.04.2026 40

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How Trump became tech’s regulator-in-chief

His interventions in the sector exceed anything the EU has done

05.04.2026 40

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AI travel agents? Bring them on

Some users may be reluctant to increase their dependence on Big Tech companies

19.03.2026 40

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The FT View. Lessons from Anthropic’s battle with the Pentagon

Guardrails around the state’s use of AI warrant deeper and democratic deliberation

05.03.2026 50

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