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Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder, responded that he would not accept and offered to buy X insteadElon Musk escalated his feud with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Monday. The billionaire is leading a consortium of investors that announced it had submitted a bid of $97.4bn for “all assets” of the artificial intelligence company to OpenAI’s board of directors.The startup, which operates ChatGPT, has been working to restructure itself away from its original non-profi

‘Choose Europe and France for AI,’ says president amid speculation US and UK playing hardball over declarationEmmanuel Macron touted Europe and France as artificial intelligence powerhouses, amid speculation that the US and UK are playing hardball over a diplomatic declaration at the Paris AI summit.The French president told investors and tech companies attending the summit to “choose Europe and France for AI” as he teased his US counterpart Donald Trump over his swing to

French president refers to Trump’s oil remarks, but notes ‘electricity is available’The Swedish prosecutor leading on the investigation into the Örebro shooting has confirmed this morning the identity of the perpetrator as Rickard Andersson, a former student at Campus Risbergska.He was previously described by the Swedish media as a 35-year-old unemployed recluse with psychological problems. Continue reading...

The impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts. On Sunday, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, promoted the event by posting a montage of deepfake images of himself on Instagram, including a video of 'him' dancing in a disco with various 1980s hairstyles, in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the technology’s capabilities.‘Engine of ine

Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalistsEurope live – latest updatesSome of Italy’s best-known business leaders, including the fashion designer Giorgio Armani and the Prada chair, Patrizio Bertelli, have been targeted by an artificial intelligence-based scam that involved the mimicking of the defence minister’s voice in telephone calls claiming to seek help to free Italian journalists kidnapped in the Mi

Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainableEurope live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts.Emmanuel Macron’s AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, opened the two-day gathering at the Grand Palais in the heart of the F

UK jobseekers say employers are hiring fewer staff – whom they expect to do more for less pay“This is the worst I’ve ever experienced in the job market, including the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which also left me unemployed for a time, and the pandemic,” said David Hoghton-Carter, 46, a corporate strategy professional from Leeds.Hoghton-Carter was among the 1.57 million people in the UK who were trying to find work between September and November 2024, and is

Letter says many of works being sold by Christie’s are made by AI models trained on pieces by human artists, without a licenceThousands of artists are urging the auction house Christie’s to cancel a sale of art created with artificial intelligence, claiming the technology behind the works is committing “mass theft”.The Augmented Intelligence auction has been described by Christie’s as the first AI-dedicated sale by a major auctioneer and features 20 lots with prices

Technology secretary delivers veiled warning over China’s role ahead of Paris summitThe artificial intelligence race must be led by “western, liberal, democratic” countries, said the UK technology secretary in a veiled warning over China’s role in the contest, before a global AI summit in Paris.Peter Kyle spoke as political leaders and tech company bosses gather in France, and after the emergence of a new Chinese force in AI, DeepSeek, rattled US investors and upended ass

Report urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation Tech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an AI datacentre boom in remote areas of Great Britain by offering some of the cheapest electricity prices in Europe.A report paid for by the tech companies Amazon and OpenAI has called on ministers to overhaul the UK’s electricity market by splitting it into different zones so that prices become more expensive in area