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Alibaba says it will be Apple’s AI partner in China

Ecommerce group’s advances in artificial intelligence have boosted its shares more than 40% this year

Financial Times - 41m

Honda and Nissan Scrap $50 Billion Merger Plan

The Japanese companies’ decision to call off negotiations highlights the challenges legacy automakers face in partnering to tackle new technologies.

The New York Times - 44m

These Are the Jobs AI Will Replace

Let’s talk about white collar knowledge workers and which jobs get eliminated.

Inc. - 1h

Google to test using AI to determine users’ ages

It comes as the company leans more heavily into AI and as it faces pressure from lawmakers.

CNBC - 11h

Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting

Exclusive: Google executives gave employees details on dropping the company’s promise against weaponized AI and nixing diversity goals. Google ’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the ...

The Guardian - 14h

Adobe Firefly AI video generator debuts—the most ‘IP-safe’ AI tool yet?

Adobe Firefly AI video generator offers commercially-safe AI video tools trained on licensed content — challenging OpenAI’s Sora.

VentureBeat - 20h

AI Tools Worth Trying

The artificial intelligence tool market can be overwhelming, here’s a shortlist of AI tools that can help your small business.

Inc. - 22h

5 Ways to Navigate Leadership in the Age of AI

By balancing technology and humanity, leaders can best harness AI’s power.

Inc. - 1d

Napkin AI’s ‘design agency’ of AI agents is changing how professionals create graphics

Napkin AI represents a new breed of vertical AI agents, generating a graphic that represents text within five seconds.

VentureBeat - 1d

Trump's plan to scrap the penny spikes interest for coin collectors

Collectors said the value of certain pennies could rise if the U.S. Treasury stopped manufacturing the coin.

CBS News - 11h

The new AI arms race

America and China are vying for dominance, while Europe tries to compete

Financial Times - 16h

How AI could be incorporated into nuclear weapons

During this week's artificial intelligence summit in Paris, arguments were made that advanced AI is critical in the world's current threat landscape. Many militaries are exploring how advanced AI ...

CBS News - 20h

U.S., U.K. refuse to sign Paris AI declaration

This week's Paris summit on artificial intelligence ended with the United States and the United Kingdom refusing to sign on to a declaration that calls on the development of AI to be inclusive and ...

CBS News - 21h

Vance doubles down on AI stance in Paris

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Vance doubles down on AI stance in Paris Vice President Vance made clear the Trump administration's ...

The Hill - 1d

U.S. and Britain snub international AI accord in Paris

A communique entitled "Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence" showed both the U.S. and U.K. were absent from a list of signatories.

CNBC - 1d

UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration

It follows a warning from US Vice-President JD Vance that excessive regulation could "kill a transformative industry."

BBC News - 1d

JD Vance Rails Against ‘Excessive’ AI Regulation

A global race for dominance in AI is afoot, and the U.S., China, and Europe are all taking different approaches.

Inc. - 1d

Vance rips 'excessive' AI regulation at Paris summit

Vice President Vance slammed "excessive regulation" of artificial intelligence on Tuesday, making clear the Trump administration's stance on the emerging tech on an international stage. "We believe ...

The Hill - 1d

JD Vance tells Paris AI summit the Trump administration will keep 'ideological bias' out of AI, rails against regulation

ABC News - 2d

At work, a quiet AI revolution is under way

Lawyers, bankers and many other professionals are now using chatbots to communicate, some without company oversight

Financial Times - 2d

Inside Monday’s AI pivot: Building digital workforces through modular AI

AI adoption is not a one and done, it’s a journey that enterprises and software vendors alike are on, from assistants to agentic AI.

VentureBeat - 2d

Trump’s latest tariff bid shows the old rules of trade no longer apply. Scraps of paper will not save us | Greg Jericho

A 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports, as flagged by the US president, is more evidence that Australia cannot rely on our ally to do good by us. News that the US president, Donald Trump, ...

The Guardian - 3d

Macron unveils plans for €109bn of AI investment in France

French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman

Financial Times - 3d

Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France this week

ABC News - 4d

UK statistics agency to scrap one of main household surveys

Decision comes as ONS struggles with falling response rates to surveys behind headline economic statistics

Financial Times - 5d

2025: The Year of the AI App

The real competition in AI isn’t about foundation models. It’s about apps built on top of those models.

Wired - 5d

Acer unveils Predator Helios Neo AI laptops at Intel Extreme Masters

Acer unveiled two new Predator gaming laptops today at the Intel Extreme Masters esports event in Katowice, Poland.

VentureBeat - 6d

Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra Review: AI Snoozefest

Technically sound, Samsung’s latest Android phones are a bit of a snooze.

Wired - 6d

AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago

ABC News - Feb. 6

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs

ABC News - Feb. 5

LinkedIn Is Testing an AI Tool That Could Transform How People Search for Jobs

The company says artificial intelligence could help surface jobs that remain hidden from typical search queries.

Wired - Feb. 5

Google’s holiday ad boost can’t ease AI letdown fears

Google’s digital ad sales continued to grow at a healthy clip during the holiday season, but that wasn’t enough to offset investors’ worries about whether its big bet on artificial intelligence ...