Data gold rush: companies once focused on mining cryptocurrency pivot to generative AI

Tech companies are cashing in on an unprecedented demand for computing power needed to operate artificial intelligence

US launches inquiry into AI deals by Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Amazon

FTC will examine what rights the tech giants’ investments in AI companies have conferred and if those deals harm competition

Tech giant acquired video-game publisher Activision Blizzard three months ago for $69bn

Tech giant among others – including Amazon and Meta – to cut workforce as business predictions slowed down in the past year

European Commission says it is checking whether multibillion-dollar stake is reviewable under merger regulation

From the future of X to Apple’s Vision Pro headset, we make a call on the deals, products and technologies that could define this year

As with the printing press and the dotcom boom, initial frenzy and speculation obscures the lasting legacy of new technologies

Lawsuit says companies gave NYT content ‘particular emphasis’ and ‘seek to free-ride’ on paper’s investment in its journalism

The fallout from AI’s ‘Pearl Harbor moment’ has been dramatic. In tech, 12 months can seem like an eternity

Failures in the regulation of social media companies a generation ago must not be repeated

Billionaire wants xAI to keep pace with rivals including OpenAI, Microsoft and Google

The surprise sacking of the AI venture’s CEO was followed by a near mutiny at the company and his reinstatement

Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before CEO Sam Altman’s sacking

Microsoft’s Bing falls victim to long-running part-joke internet conspiracy theory

Satya Nadella reveals Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest investor, was not consulted about Sam Altman’s dismissal as fallout continues