The US has spurred the Chinese chip industry

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia is facing its first real competitor in China. US export controls, designed to cut off China’s access to advanced chips and chipmaking gear, were supposed to ensure that no domestic rival could emerge. But … Read more

Protein project uses AI to boost disease treatment

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Proteomics — the study of the proteins that are the building blocks of life — has emerged as a new digitally-powered weapon in scientists’ efforts to better understand and treat diseases.  A project launched this … Read more

Networked devices help head off medical woes and speed recovery

From ultrasound machines and ventilators to interactive, data-sharing knee implants and blood-pressure monitors, connecting medical devices over hospital networks and the internet is improving patient care and medical research. The increase in digitally connected devices has created a buoyant technology market known as the “Medical Internet of Things”. By 2029 this software market will be … Read more

EU project launched to prepare health workers for a digital future

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A consortium of 12 European universities has embarked on an ambitious project to better prepare health workers for a digital future. The initiative, Sustainable Healthcare with Digital Health Data Competence, or Susa for short, was … Read more

Turing Award winners warn over unsafe deployment of AI models

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Two pioneers of reinforcement learning, a scientific technique that has been fundamental to the artificial intelligence boom, have warned against the unsafe deployment of AI models after winning this year’s Turing Award. Andrew Barto, a … Read more

EU to extend relaxed subsidy regime for energy

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels is to extend the EU’s lenient approach to policing state subsidies, as it unveils guidelines this week that will allow member states to keep pouring cash into cleantech investments until the end of the decade. … Read more