Microsoft, Apple drop seats in OpenAI amid antitrust probe

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft has given up its seat as an observer on OpenAI’s board of directors, while Apple will not take a similar position, amid increasing scrutiny by international regulators over Big Tech’s investments in AI startups. Microsoft, … Read more

Cloudflare takes on Microsoft, Google and OpenAI bots with free tools to block all crawlers

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What you need to know Cloudflare is a global cloud provider that provides security and DDoS protection to millions of websites, protecting approximately 20% of all global internet traffic. Yesterday, Cloudflare announced a new free tool that it will offer to all customers, specifically designed to block AI crawlers. AI bots used by companies like … Read more

Brussels investigates antitrust probe into Microsoft’s collaboration with OpenAI

Enlarge / EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said the bloc is investigating practices that could lead to one company controlling a larger share of the AI ​​market. Brussels is preparing for an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, after the European Union decided not to proceed with a merger investigation into the … Read more

Brussels is investigating antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels is preparing for an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, after the EU decided not to investigate a merger of the most powerful alliance in the artificial intelligence sector. The European Commission, … Read more

How to get all the best iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia features now

During the day WWDC 2024Apple showed off some shiny new features heading to iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia (and the other software platforms) later this year, but if you don’t want to wait for these features to become available, you can get quite a few of them now. Is this the end of Apple’s Lightning … Read more

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces rival AI startup

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever is launching a rival AI startup focused on “building secure superintelligence,” just a month after leaving the AI ​​company following a failed coup against CEO Sam Altman. On Wednesday, Sutskever, one … Read more

OpenAI releases official .NET library

Last week, OpenAI released the first beta version of its official .NET library, which is available as a NuGet package for .NET developers to try. This release follows Microsoft’s announcement at the Build 2024 conference highlighting their partnership with OpenAI to enhance the .NET ecosystem with advanced AI capabilities. This 2.0.0-beta.1 version of the official … Read more

OpenAI expands lobby team to influence regulations

OpenAI is building an international team of lobbyists to influence politicians and regulators to increase their oversight of powerful artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based startup told the Financial Times that it has expanded the headcount of its Global Affairs team from three to 35 in early 2023. The company aims to build that number to … Read more