TikTok is beginning to test a new way for creators to protect their likeness from AI-generated impersonation. The company’s latest effort, first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, centers on an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and…
Meta is reportedly in discussions with Anthropic over a potentially massive data centre arrangement that could be worth as much as $10bn, according to a report from the Financial Times. The talks, if they progress, would underline a shift that…
Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI landed with the kind of timing that makes even seasoned observers pause. Filed last Friday, the complaint doesn’t read like a narrow dispute over a single product feature or a single employee’s conduct. Instead,…
Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI is the kind of case that looks, at first glance, like a familiar story in tech: one company claims another stole something valuable—information, know-how, proprietary methods—and now wants the courts to draw a hard line around…
US semiconductor stocks are heading into what traders are describing as their most punishing stretch in more than a year, as a familiar pattern—fast gains followed by abrupt de-risking—reasserts itself. The immediate story is straightforward: several of the market’s highest-flying…
Patreon has long lived in the messy middle ground between “publicly accessible” and “licensed for reuse.” Creators post content to a platform that is visible to paying members, and the platform’s value depends on that access being controlled. But as…
Across the UK’s cyber landscape, a familiar pattern is repeating—only now it’s being accelerated by something that looks, at first glance, like good news for innovation. Chinese AI models, increasingly competitive with US rivals, are narrowing the technological gap in…
A $400 million chip-backed loan is doing more than financing a single slice of AI hardware. It’s quietly reframing how capital markets think about artificial intelligence infrastructure—especially the part that actually touches users, revenue, and day-to-day operations: inference. For the…
Apple has reportedly escalated its trade-secrets fight with OpenAI by sending legal letters to dozens of employees at the AI lab, a move that signals the iPhone maker is shifting from broad claims about misuse of proprietary information to a…
China is preparing to move from competing in artificial intelligence to shaping the rules that govern it. In a development that signals both ambition and urgency, Beijing is advancing plans for a new body designed to strengthen China’s influence over…
Wall Street’s latest bout of turbulence has hit the very stocks that have helped carry the market higher earlier this year. In a fresh risk-off turn, investors trimmed exposure to US chip and memory names, pulling back from companies that…
Chinese AI startup Moonshot has released its latest frontier model, Kimi K3, in a launch that is being read across the industry as more than just another incremental upgrade. The company’s positioning of Kimi K3—both in terms of raw capability…