Tech News Macron announces ‘significant’ new investments in AI The French president spoke at the Elysée Palace to tech leaders and politicians, saying that this was a moment of “strategic awakening”. 22/05/2024
Tech News AI, climate... and Elon Musk: What to expect from VivaTech 2024 VivaTech is back this week, welcoming thousands of start-ups, visitors, and a certain tech billionaire. Here's what's in store from our team in Paris. 22/05/2024
Tech News OpenAI’s Sam Altman ‘embarrassed’ over staff exit contracts A clause in exit paperwork meant they could have their equity in OpenAI taken away if they did not sign NDAs. 20/05/2024
Tech News Council of Europe adopts first binding international AI treaty Unlike the EU AI Act, this treaty can be signed by non-European countries. 17/05/2024
Tech News OpenAI GPT-4o to Google's Gemini: All the major AI updates this week AI voice assistants stole the show this week as tech companies made major announcements. 17/05/2024
Tech News OpenAI rival Anthropic launches chatbot Claude in Europe The company's Claude chatbot supports multiple European languages. 14/05/2024
Tech News OpenAI unveils new AI model ChatGPT-4o OpenAI has a new ChatGPT model with an upgraded voice assistant and free users will get access to custom chatbots for the first time. 13/05/2024
Space Why NATO’s plans to work with space tech companies is a challenge The commercial sector is struggling with a lack of information flow, such as which technologies NATO will require in the future, a NATO official said. 11/05/2024
Space How NATO plans to defend space without its own satellites There's a tremendous amount of things we lose if we lose access to space, said Lieutenant General David Julazadeh. 07/05/2024
Tech News Jack Dorsey leaves Bluesky board, calls Musk’s X a ‘freedom platform’ How and why he left the board remains a mystery. 06/05/2024
Tech News France could get tough on screen time for children and teens A team of experts commissioned by the French president warned against screen and social media use for children. 01/05/2024
Space Scientists’ discovery could help save Earth from killer asteroids The discovery shows how old data and artificial intelligence (AI) might play a crucial role in the future. 01/05/2024
Tech News AI start-up unveils avatars that convincingly show human emotions Synthesia’s so-called expressive avatars can go from happy to frustrated. 25/04/2024
Tech News UK regulator looks into Microsoft and Amazon’s AI partnerships The UK competition regulator identified an “interconnected web” of over 90 partnerships and “strategic investments” involving AI companies. 24/04/2024
Tech News This French start-up may have solved AI’s copyright training issues The Common Corpus aims to create a space for open science. 02/04/2024
Tech News OpenAI unveils AI voice cloning tech but limits availability OpenAI’s Voice Engine was first developed in late 2022. 01/04/2024
Money What does Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentence mean for crypto? The SBF saga saw many people lose their life savings, causing them two years of stress. 29/03/2024
Tech News Open source AI is getting an official definition. Here’s why AI companies that claim they are open source, such as Musk’s latest AI venture, open source the weights but not the data they are trained on nor the training process. 28/03/2024
Health news Elon Musk claims Neuralink can now cure blindness “Resolution will be low at first, like early Nintendo graphics, but ultimately may exceed normal human vision,” Musk said. 22/03/2024
Tech News Could the EU AI Act actually stifle innovation? New study says yes "The EU’s AI Act needs to be closely monitored to avoid overburdening innovative AI developers... with unnecessary red tape," one industry body warns. 22/03/2024