Two Democrats on US antitrust panel say they were ‘illegally fired’ by Donald Trump

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Two Democratic members of the US Federal Trade Commission said they were “illegally fired” by Donald Trump, in the president’s latest broadside against independent federal agencies.  Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya — … Read more

Nvidia bets on high demand for more computing power with new AI chip

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia has unveiled the next generation of its artificial intelligence chips, marking a bet that the arrival of “reasoning” AI systems such as DeepSeek will spur even greater demand for computing power. Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s … Read more

Criminals use AI in ‘proxy’ attacks for hostile powers, warns Europol

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU’s police agency Europol has warned that criminal organisations increasingly use artificial intelligence to stage attacks on behalf of hostile powers, posing an “unprecedented” security challenge to national governments. In its report on the … Read more