Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG to superintelligence.
A.I. has made it easy to put words in people’s mouths, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has become a favorite target. The motive, experts say, is not political but financial.
After raising $293 million in the IPO, Insilico Medicine aims to become “a massive source of innovative drugs for pharma companies,” says founder Alex Zhavoronkov.After raising $293 million in the IPO, Insilico Medicine aims to become “a massive source of innovative drugs for pharma companies,” says founder Alex Zhavoronkov.
From Stanley Tucci’s imperious tech titan to Lex Luthor’s distractingly hot CEO and Elon Musk-esque blowhards, films this year took us inside the billionaire mindset Between the slash-and-burn US government reboot led by a dank meme fan and the relentless pushing of AI by venture capital-backed blowhards, 2025 has felt like peak obnoxious tech bro.…
In today’s newsletter: Covering everything from Donald Trump to AI, and Gaza to Ukraine, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Ben Jennings shares his favourite caricatures of 2025, and we share ours too. Good morning. It’s been one of those years where the news cycle felt almost too surreal to caricature. From Jeff Bezos commandeering Venice for…
SoftBank has been deepening bets on AI, committing to invest $30 billion in OpenAI, which is building the massive Stargate data center project in the U.S.SoftBank has been deepening bets on AI, committing to invest $30 billion in OpenAI, which is building the massive Stargate data center project in the U.S.
The technology Is ruining much of what makes life worth living.
Anja Cradden proposes ways of managing tech companies before we reach crisis point. Plus letters from Mike Scott and Gerry Rees “When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control”, says the headline on Rafael Behr’s article (23 December). I think it’s more likely that when the AI bubble…
Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
Acquisition would further expand SoftBank’s investments in artificial intelligence as it tries to center itself in the boom SoftBank Group will acquire digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group in a deal valued at $4bn, the companies said on Monday, as the Japanese investment firm looks to deepen its AI-related portfolio. The acquisition would expand SoftBank’s exposure…