Matt Field
@matthfield
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Senior Technology Reporter for @TelegraphTech, ex @cityjournalism. DM or get in touch discretely on Signal @matthfield.62
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Joined May 2011
OpenAI has sent a legal request to the family of Adam Raine, the 16yo who died by suicide following lengthy chats with ChatGPT, asking for a full attendee list to his memorial, as well as photos taken or eulogies given. His lawyers told the FT this was "intentional harassment"
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Another great article on Sora, this time in the Telegraph. “The superintelligence dream has descended into a mountain of AI ‘slop’.” yep 🎯 https://t.co/6b2IH2BkXY
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CuspAI have confirmed today - also got the backing of Nvidia, Samsung and Hyundai - deal is said to value the start-up at more than $500m https://t.co/SrvGCW2ghQ
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Clean air and water, next-generation AI compute, and sustainable energy — these multi-billion-dollar global challenges share a common…
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Exclusive: CuspAI, a Cambridge start-up developing a "search engine for materials", is in talks with Singapore's Temasek as part of a $100m funding round The anticipated funding comes after Cusp raised $30m last year just months after it was founded https://t.co/9k4VPzzNBi
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State-owned investment fund preparing to take stake in ‘search engine for new materials’
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Full drive through London, UK 🇬🇧 FSD Supervised is pending regulatory approval
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NEW: X will begin age verification for users in the UK to block children from watching adult videos as Online Safety Act rules come into force - via @jamestitcomb
https://t.co/UREefg3FZo
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Users will be required to upload ID or a video selfie to view sensitive content
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Exclusive: The Alan Turing Institute, Britain's national AI lab, has scrapped its "women in data science" programme amid pressure from ministers to focus on security https://t.co/sLf36oIuAj
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Leading AI organisation drops initiative aimed at getting more women into science
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This by @matthfield is a must-read. Employees do not want to use tools that make their job worse. "While 96pc of senior leaders believed AI was leading to productivity gains at their companies, 77pc of workers reported they felt it was slowing them down." But they are being
telegraph.co.uk
Executives are demanding underlings brush up on tech tools whether they like it or not
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Exclusive: British graphics chip business Imagination Technologies in talks with US rivals over $1bn sale https://t.co/bBUNMRr6QC
telegraph.co.uk
Imagination Technologies races to complete $1bn sale as it struggles with trade war chaos
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Did the entire tech press miss the fact that Skyral (just raised $20m) is being chaired by Tony Blair's son? I can't be the only one who picked up on this Tip @Techmeme
https://t.co/OwtxRu1r3h
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Skyral secures funding to develop simulation technology for military
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Exclusive: British AI unicorn Builder AI faced claims of serious sexual assault against a senior executive before it collapsed Full story in the @Telegraph @TelegraphNews
https://t.co/dSfIxblIdI
telegraph.co.uk
Builder AI’s board denies knowledge of allegations made against a senior executive
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Exclusive: TikTok users have been sharing hundreds of videos of "bumping" - or fare-dodging - on the London Underground for clout, and offering tips and tricks to followers TikTok has now deleted the videos https://t.co/asZgCYBcVw
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Videos promoting ways of getting around station barriers are helping to ‘normalise’ ticket evasion
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Reuters reporting this morning that Hanwa, previously a major shareholder, is preparing to sell its shares as a sharp discount https://t.co/ScPkNOCcmU
reuters.com
South Korea's Hanwha Systems said on Thursday it was selling its entire 5.4% stake in Eutelsat for 77.6 million euros ($88.5 million), as the Franco-British satellite operator seeks new investors.
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Sources said if Britain refused to take part in the rescue deal, it would raise questions over how much say it should have over future business decisions at OneWeb and Eutelsat
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Exclusive: Britain risks losing influence over Starlink rival Eutelsat to France as part of a €1.5bn refinancing, sources say Can also reveal Sunil Mittal's Bharti is in talks to join the French-led equity raise https://t.co/k9pb4xqpYO
telegraph.co.uk
French government considers increasing stake in Eutelsat to 30pc as part of rescue efforts
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