Before Emily Bender and I have looked at a menu, she has dismissed artificial intelligence chatbots as “plagiarism machines” and “synthetic text extruders”. Soon after the food arrives, the professor of linguistics adds that the vaunted large language models (LLMs) that underpin them are “born shitty”. Since OpenAI launched its wildly popular ChatGPT chatbot in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe’s biggest steel producer has abandoned plans to convert two German steel plants to green production and warned that it could also close a flagship biofuels plant in Belgium in a blow to Europe’s plans … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s grocery watchdog has launched an investigation into whether Amazon has been delaying payments to food suppliers after preliminary “evidence” was brought to its attention. The Groceries Code Adjudicator, which helps ensure the UK’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China and Russia are posing similar cyber threats to Europe, according to the Czech president whose government was recently targeted by a hacker group linked to Beijing’s security services. President Petr Pavel told the Financial … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The BBC is threatening legal action against artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity, in its first effort to clamp down on tech groups scraping its vast troves of content to develop the cutting-edge technology. In a letter … Read more
The current heatwave, which has pushed temperatures above 30C, was 10 times more likely because of climate change, according to research released as an amber health warning was issued across England. Temperatures are forecast to reach up to 34C on Saturday after hitting 32.2C at Kew Gardens in London on Thursday afternoon, making it the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a partner at Thoma Bravo and head of the firm’s European operations. Many global software investors are still treating Europe as an afterthought to their core strategies. I believe this represents a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For Elon Musk, tech’s great showman, this weekend’s long-awaited launch of a Tesla robotaxi service will be notably short of razzle-dazzle. The autonomous ride-hailing service is scheduled to hit the roads in Austin, Texas, with … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU is accusing Chinese online marketplace AliExpress of breaching the bloc’s digital rules, as Brussels continues its efforts to utilise landmark legislation to police internet businesses. In preliminary findings issued on Wednesday, regulators said … Read more
José Lucas Costa da Silva peered over towards the warm up area for the Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition he was about to referee, faintly amused. It was early May 2023, and the 26-year-old martial arts instructor watched as one competitor in the high-school sports auditorium stretched and ran drills. He was wearing a white “gi”, a … Read more