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Google, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’

By Mark Bergen, Newley Purnell, and others

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – SEPTEMBER 19: French co-founder of Health insurance company ‘Alan’ Jean-Charles Samuelian (L) and the French company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) Mistral AI Arthur Mensch (R) are listening during a conference organised by Belgium Bank Belfius on ‘BAM! The sound of European AI Disruption’ at Brussels Expo on September 19, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Mistral’s secret powerbroker keeps Europe’s AI hopes alive

By Benoit Berthelot, Mark Bergen, and others

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer of Klarna Holding AB, at IFGS 2022 summit at the Guildhall in London, U.K., on Monday, April 4, 2022. Innovate Finance’s summit — part of U.K. Fintech Week — aims to showcase Britain’s financial technology sector and its global ambitions. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Klarna director says he was ousted over CEO bonus objection

By Mark Bergen, Aisha S Gani, and others

12 January 2024, Bavaria, Munich: Jonas Andrulis, Aleph Alpha GmbH, speaks at the Digital Life Design (DLD) innovation conference. DLD is a conference on internet trends and developments in digitalization. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

This German startup is Europe’s best hope for developing AI advancement outside Silicon Valley

By Mark Bergen and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Tesla CEO Elon Musk (C) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. Netanyahu’s visit occurs as the Israel-Hamas war reaches nearly ten months. A handful of Senate and House Democrats boycotted the remarks over Israel’s treatment of Palestine. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s outspoken riot comments prompt U.K. to seek tougher social media rules

By Ellen Milligan, Mark Bergen, and others

WeTransfer acquired by Bending Spoons, the Italian software powerhouse behind Evernote and Meetup

By Mark Bergen and Bloomberg

CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE – MAY 08: Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 08, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)

Peter Thiel’s doping-friendly Olympics alternative—the Enhanced Games—is in talks to raise $300 million as it prepares its first edition

By Mark Bergen, Eyk Henning, and others

Xavier Niel, billionaire and deputy chairman of Iliad SA.

French billionaire Xavier Niel is building a ChatGPT competitor with a ‘thick French accent’

By Mark Bergen and Bloomberg

CEO of Revolut, Nik Storonsky

Revolut billionaire Nik Storonsky embraces AI by launching ‘truly systematic’ $200 million VC firm

By Ben Stupples, Mark Bergen, and others

BlaBlaCar co-founder and chief executive officer Nicolas Brusson gives an interview during the 2017 Web Summit in Lisbon on November 9, 2017.

French carpooling app BlaBlaCar secures $108 million to ‘buy other firms and grow larger’ after turning first profit

By Mark Bergen and Bloomberg

Emad Mostaque, founder and chief executive officer of Stability AI Ltd., during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The summit will focus on the rapidly changing social media landscape, the prospects for a continued regulatory crackdown on tech, and the future of cryptocurrencies. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Stability AI’s Emad Mostaque is out following an investor mutiny and staff exodus that left the one-time tech darling in turmoil

By Rachel Metz, Mark Bergen, and others

SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about funding for the I-535 Blatnik Bridge at Earth Rider Brewery on January 25, 2024 in Superior, Wisconsin. Biden touched on his economic agenda and recent federal funding for infrastructure projects. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Biden audio deepfake spurs AI startup ElevenLabs—valued at $1.1 billion—to ban account: ‘We’re going to see a lot more of this’

By Margi Murphy, Rachel Metz, and others

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Bill Gates says at Davos that health spending is key to combatting climate change: ‘That’s where you get population growth to a steady state’

By Francine Lacqua, Mark Bergen, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 12: Sam Altman speaks onstage during A Year In TIME at The Plaza Hotel on December 12, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for TIME)

New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for training their AI using its articles and causing publishers billions of dollars in damages

By Mark Bergen and Bloomberg

Emad Mostaque, founder and chief executive officer of Stability AI Ltd., during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The summit will focus on the rapidly changing social media landscape, the prospects for a continued regulatory crackdown on tech, and the future of cryptocurrencies. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Fresh off an Intel investment, Stability AI looks for buyers as investors pressure CEO to resign

By Mark Bergen, Rachel Metz, and others