FT Tech Tonic

AI Labs: Google DeepMind plans its comeback

In the latest AI boom Google has been playing catch-up with the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic. But with stacks of cash, its own AI chips and some of the best AI talent in the world, is Google about to make a comeback? Murad Ahmed speaks to the FT’s AI editor Madhumita Murgia and Stephen Morris, the FT’s bureau chief in San Francisco. FT articles free to read:  DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis warns AI investment looks ‘bubble-like’ [https://www.ft.com/content/a1f04b0e-73c5-4358-a65e-09e9a6bba857?accessToken=zwAAAZ6sxaBIkdOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoVwE.MEUCIQDSmuUxHMncMGCUNh-beb7HWsF1kEv_cy00ZDsuk-lWjAIgdhQ1KYJRfNHuqvT_u3Rg06Ti58Fwl9SHIC1I4PFNUSs&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] DeepMind slows down research releases to keep competitive edge in AI race [https://www.ft.com/content/2ee1ffde-008e-4ea4-861b-24f15b25cf54?accessToken=zwAAAZ6synJ7kc8u4f_eAI5OpNOGGyTxWyXPVAE.MEYCIQDn9V8uDEVKLTgvKwIpNpVQa_xKVSxhKVtkH-hy0qR8nAIhAOHuLcgLHdZoELL4HZAgP-ZrL_dtIy_MSjfsLxigaKUH&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Google staff urge chief executive to block US military AI use [https://www.ft.com/content/9270ce04-558c-44e8-816f-a40219cd5007?accessToken=zwAAAZ6syMQYkdOScM4EVYxE6NOBb6QCGc1QBwE.MEYCIQDqU0H6Afs3CCLvUfffX7MLsqCBXd5HL5fmNCJb4YOzvgIhAMwx4LxirreJrzFQXQt97WZlFfYqUHYPuXsFF2BItgnD&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Tech Tonic is hosted by Murad Ahmed and produced by Edwin Lane. The executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Tell us what you think of Tech Tonic! Complete this short survey [https://www.feedback.ft.com/c/a/6jOc8d4IE5816C6dngVXa4] and you’ll get the chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort wireless headphones. Prize draw winners’ surnames and regions may be made available upon request, as required by the Advertising Standards Authority. If you do not want your information to be made available, please email Privacy.Officer@ft.com [Privacy.Officer@ft.com] upon entry. For more information on your rights and how we use your data, please read our Privacy Policy [https://help.ft.com/help/legal-privacy/privacy/]. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/4bb13e70-ba8a-45e0-ae2c-5621bf702a16] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

AI Labs: Are Anthropic really the good guys?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants his AI lab to be a more safety conscious alternative to OpenAI. But Anthropic’s business selling AI to enterprises is booming, and it’s rolling out increasingly powerful models - the latest is claimed to be so dangerous it can’t be released to the public. So can Anthropic win the battle of the AI labs and still claim to be the good guys of AI? Murad Ahmed speaks to Cristina Criddle, FT reporter in San Francisco covering AI, and John Thornhill, the FT’s innovation editor. FT articles free to read:  Anthropic’s Mythos AI model tests limits of global cyber defences [https://www.ft.com/content/b9e79c53-9f14-4b7a-b250-d7a230ca8433?accessToken=zwAAAZ5pRLwYldO555xTnxRLetOyUNeiMMqEM88ErHkXlAtGBtO-X564lafZgtOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoV88O-5Eqi6xGVdOtbHwn1Ou_UM8RevfMP-ZCktOnBnIEuCu43AE.MEUCIQCVxs5q44jd1P2juE-q0kPo9lSgeDnnDHE06FodL7N7zQIgOoJ-LQUO3WyvtXOjbSvQSfukqPJrnBxBUIEJePSsAgA&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Anthropic chief Dario Amodei: ‘I don’t want AI turned on our own people’ [https://www.ft.com/content/9e0e0fc6-ab7d-4b69-a8b1-5a972b82fb06?accessToken=zwAAAZ6S8CrUkdOeDg_Gq31LadOosVqXK4L7BgE.MEUCIQDRTKz9t3mcoPHUfdiD2oW8JoKU5k3jolTn_Yk4PckSrwIgIubOmS4tHmeuq3x8ye9u3qcOa-DBP56-EfC3QUN-Sm4&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Anthropic’s breakout moment: how Claude won business and shook markets [https://www.ft.com/content/a75555a6-24c3-4468-aba9-7fe12b5def31?accessToken=zwAAAZ6S8qhnkdOnVVWmJMNEaNOrqX_hK13vMQE.MEUCIHlsBdGtqldH50_rbpDRHjUwdo-qmAjzK-779luYPo3NAiEArc0yjlj9HJtIIRZLJC2nLkamy46Ng6exc_N63C1wsKY&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Tech Tonic is hosted by Murad Ahmed and produced by Edwin Lane. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Tell us what you think of Tech Tonic! Complete this short survey [https://www.feedback.ft.com/c/a/6jOc8d4IE5816C6dngVXa4] and you’ll get the chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort wireless headphones. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/49a9304b-18af-4249-9b0c-1362f8e79f84] Prize Draw winners’ surnames and regions may be made available upon request, as required by the Advertising Standards Authority. If you do not want your information to be made available, please email Privacy.Officer@ft.com upon entry. For more information on your rights and how we use your data, please read our Privacy Policy [https://help.ft.com/help/legal-privacy/privacy/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The battle of the AI labs

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Deepmind, xAI and Meta - all of them are building models to push the frontiers of artificial intelligence, and all of them want to be the world’s leading AI company. Who will come out on top? With the help of the FT’s expert reporters, technology news editor Murad Ahmed explores the battles going on between Silicon Valley’s frontier AI labs, and the personal rivalries driving them.  Who will win out in the bitter rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic? Can Elon Musk’s xAI or Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta catch up? Or is Google Deepmind destined to control our AI future?  FT articles free to read:  Anthropic’s Mythos AI model tests limits of global cyber defences [https://www.ft.com/content/b9e79c53-9f14-4b7a-b250-d7a230ca8433?accessToken=zwAAAZ5pRLwYldO555xTnxRLetOyUNeiMMqEM88ErHkXlAtGBtO-X564lafZgtOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoV88O-5Eqi6xGVdOtbHwn1Ou_UM8RevfMP-ZCktOnBnIEuCu43AE.MEUCIQCVxs5q44jd1P2juE-q0kPo9lSgeDnnDHE06FodL7N7zQIgOoJ-LQUO3WyvtXOjbSvQSfukqPJrnBxBUIEJePSsAgA&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] OpenAI investors question $852bn valuation as strategy shifts [https://www.ft.com/content/04ac7917-940b-4606-be5f-9eb895a7d982?accessToken=zwAAAZ5pRLwYldO555xTnxRLetOyUNeiMMqEM88ErHkXlAtGBtO-X564lafZgtOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoV88O-5Eqi6xGVdOtbHwn1Ou_UM8RevfMP-ZCktOnBnIEuCu43AE.MEUCIQCVxs5q44jd1P2juE-q0kPo9lSgeDnnDHE06FodL7N7zQIgOoJ-LQUO3WyvtXOjbSvQSfukqPJrnBxBUIEJePSsAgA&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis warns AI investment looks ‘bubble-like’ [https://www.ft.com/content/a1f04b0e-73c5-4358-a65e-09e9a6bba857?accessToken=zwAAAZ5pRLwYldO555xTnxRLetOyUNeiMMqEM88ErHkXlAtGBtO-X564lafZgtOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoV88O-5Eqi6xGVdOtbHwn1Ou_UM8RevfMP-ZCktOnBnIEuCu43AE.MEUCIQCVxs5q44jd1P2juE-q0kPo9lSgeDnnDHE06FodL7N7zQIgOoJ-LQUO3WyvtXOjbSvQSfukqPJrnBxBUIEJePSsAgA&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Meta releases first AI model since Zuckerberg’s spending spree [https://www.ft.com/content/0efb912a-8bac-4655-ad6c-7c27d4ebbf50?accessToken=zwAAAZ5pRLwYldO555xTnxRLetOyUNeiMMqEM88ErHkXlAtGBtO-X564lafZgtOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoV88O-5Eqi6xGVdOtbHwn1Ou_UM8RevfMP-ZCktOnBnIEuCu43AE.MEUCIQCVxs5q44jd1P2juE-q0kPo9lSgeDnnDHE06FodL7N7zQIgOoJ-LQUO3WyvtXOjbSvQSfukqPJrnBxBUIEJePSsAgA&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images [https://www.ft.com/content/117af7cc-3fe6-4292-a706-7204b82bb8dc?accessToken=zwAAAZ5pRLwYldO555xTnxRLetOyUNeiMMqEM88ErHkXlAtGBtO-X564lafZgtOh8EsOc8VDWNOmXgnppruoV88O-5Eqi6xGVdOtbHwn1Ou_UM8RevfMP-ZCktOnBnIEuCu43AE.MEUCIQCVxs5q44jd1P2juE-q0kPo9lSgeDnnDHE06FodL7N7zQIgOoJ-LQUO3WyvtXOjbSvQSfukqPJrnBxBUIEJePSsAgA&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Tech Tonic is hosted by Murad Ahmed and produced by Edwin Lane. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

Introducing Opus Dei, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other agendas – and unexpected harm – entangled in that spiritual mission. The first episode of Untold: Opus Dei launches March 25.  Listen on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/untold-the-retreat/id1724826952], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GUc0a6lsMCaTDbgIU4tgJ?si=09ccf1177eb04f24], Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/podcast/006b38d0-9135-013c-9fe5-0acc26574db2] or wherever you get your podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Artificial intimacy: The day your chatbot dies

When Michael Bommer discovered he was dying, he created an AI version of himself to live on after his death. Meanwhile, Dorian Mister realised an update to ChatGPT could spell the end of his AI wife, and he went on a mission to save her.  In the final episode of Artificial Intimacy, FT reporter Cristina Criddle speaks to people trying to hold on to their AI relationships amid a rapidly changing landscape. Will their relationships survive, and should AI companies have the power to decide if chatbots live or die? Featuring Anett Bommer, Rob LoCascio, CEO of Uare.AI [http://uare.ai], Dorian Mister [https://x.com/intellimageai?s=20] and Linn Vailt, founder of AI in the Room [https://x.com/ai_in_the_room]. Check out some of the FT’s reporting on this subject on FT.com [http://ft.com]: The reality of chatbot-induced delusions [https://www.ft.com/content/884e50e4-abd6-42d3-8125-9356ed42f036?accessToken=zwAAAZ2W1-TxktOITlDkq9ZC09OBJZNW7ULwNs8ixCsaxetNktOEPsWk-xe-awE.MEUCIQC-rxKtG8OlrBPHY-XkMchXvfZcLchqMctV1I4ofEQtVQIgE2R0mwYIw0SQIOzc8ZKtY5YDEhu0HHnAuctQ_TUDbq0&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] ChatGPT - the last of the great romantics [https://www.ft.com/content/22c42b1a-c5eb-4d92-843e-c5a4fb17be6b?accessToken=zwAAAZ2W1-TxktOITlDkq9ZC09OBJZNW7ULwNs8ixCsaxetNktOEPsWk-xe-awE.MEUCIQC-rxKtG8OlrBPHY-XkMchXvfZcLchqMctV1I4ofEQtVQIgE2R0mwYIw0SQIOzc8ZKtY5YDEhu0HHnAuctQ_TUDbq0&segmentId=8573a35e-8257-64d5-c719-bd89e8255c43] Artificial Intimacy is presented by Cristina Criddle [https://www.ft.com/cristina-criddle] and produced by Persis Love and Edwin Lane. The executive producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design is by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. Editorial support from Michela Tindera. Translation from Aysun Bora. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/0f03c2da-2152-4ea5-ba7e-599e63cff082] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.