Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Perplexity, the artificial intelligence search engine, is finalising a funding round that would value the start-up at $14bn, a $5bn jump from the valuation it secured six months ago, as it capitalises on a hot … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Saudi Arabia has launched a new artificial intelligence company that will be chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and be Riyadh’s prime vehicle to drive the kingdom’s strategy and investments as it seeks to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The United Arab Emirates is rolling out an artificial intelligence curriculum from the earliest years in state schools as it seeks to become a regional AI hub and avoid the past “mistake” of not reacting … Read more
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Indian telecom giant Airtel is planning to double the capacity of its data centre business in less than three years, as growing domestic internet consumption and increasing artificial intelligence adoption drive unprecedented growth. Ashish Arora, chief executive of Airtel subsidiary Nxtra, the domestic leader in data centres, told the Financial Times it would invest about … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Visual and data journalism myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Researchers in Athens are working on predicting wildfires — a notoriously difficult thing to do — at the Penteli Observatory. But last summer the facility was engulfed in flames as a wildfire arrived … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US beef prices are soaring to record highs as the country’s cattle inventory reaches its lowest level in more than 70 years, putting further strains on Americans’ grocery bills. The average price of a pound … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cyber Security myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is director of the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre and professor of emergent harms at the University of Cambridge In the past few weeks you might have heard the name “Scattered Spider” in relation to … Read more
