All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth Also: Anthropic advocates for a ‘pause’ on AI advancement – days after filing to go public on the US stock market
White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies
OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market ChatGPT maker expected to be valued at more than $850bn, one of most highly valued listings in market history
Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automation
SpaceX targets biggest ever stock market debut, putting Musk on course to be trillionaire IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.75tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealth
UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search Watchdog makes ruling on search summaries after publishers complain about drop in click-through traffic and revenue
Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree Markets take note as world’s biggest equity fundraiser bids to garner more money than the three biggest-ever IPOs combined
Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ putting AI power into laptops and PCs Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboard
Workers need greater say over AI rollout, says TUC-backed report Exclusive: IPPR thinktank calls for new measures to boost employees’ influence at ‘pivotal moment’ in history
How big tech got its way on Trump’s AI executive order The US president’s reversal on calling for a safety review of new AI models is a green light for tech’s unchecked power
Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors IPO filing from Elon Musk’s company reveals look at finances, cosmic ambitions and insight into tech empire’s quirks
WiseTech begins redundancies – but omits ‘AI’ from emails to Chinese employees, workers say ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries
BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AI
‘Marginal change’: Keating lashes Coalition, John Howard and startup sector over CGT claims Former Labor prime minister says the wealthy have been beneficiaries of tax system ‘distortion’ for decades
Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ use of AI for defence and intelligence