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The EU accuses Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos of failing to protect kids from exposure to pornographic content, in preliminary DSA investigation findings (www.ft.com)
2026-3-26

OpenAI puts plans for an erotic chatbot on hold “indefinitely” as it refocuses on its core products, sources say after concerns from staff and investors (www.ft.com)
2026-3-26 chatbot

The US Army selects Carlyle and KKR to build two data centers on military bases, set to cost $2B each, as its token usage rises 8x during the US' war in Iran (www.ft.com)
2026-3-26 Iran

OpenRouter data: lower-cost Chinese AI models by groups such as DeepSeek and MiniMax have surpassed US rivals in token consumption since last month (www.ft.com)
2026-3-26 China AI

Musk's lawyers ask a Delaware judge to step back from cases involving him, after her account “liked” a LinkedIn post celebrating his defeat in a California case (www.ft.com)
2026-3-26 LinkedIn California

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure (www.ft.com)
2026-3-25 IOS Europe Apple Credit Card

Sources: China bars Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as it reviews whether Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus violates FDI rules (www.ft.com)
2026-3-25 China

Arm unveils its own AI chip called the AGI CPU, a departure from its traditional role as a designer of chips for others; Meta and OpenAI will be early customers (www.ft.com)
2026-3-25 AI

Amazon's Zoox plans to launch a paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas by late June, pending local approvals and an NHTSA exemption, ahead of a San Francisco launch (www.ft.com)
2026-3-25 Amazon San Francisco Vegas

How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds (www.ft.com)
2026-3-24

European VC firm Hummingbird raised $800M to find “misfit” founders, taking its total assets to ~$2B, after backing Kraken and AI vibe coding startup Lovable (www.ft.com)
2026-3-24 Europe Startup AI Asset

US Senators Warren and Banks urge suspending Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China and Southeast Asia, following Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw's indictment (www.ft.com)
2026-3-24 China Asia AI Nvidia Southeast Asia

SoftBank says its loan-to-value ratio, a measure of net debt against the value of its holdings, could exceed its 25% limit as it commits another $30B to OpenAI (www.ft.com)
2026-3-24

The Internet Watch Foundation says it identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos of realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, up 14% from the previous year (www.ft.com)
2026-3-24 AI Child Abuse

Addison Lee CEO Liam Griffin says London cab drivers should be protected via “a minimum price” on Waymo's and Tesla's robotaxis to prevent “predatory pricing” (www.ft.com)
2026-3-23 Tesla London

Mistral CEO proposes a revenue-based levy for AI model providers in the EU, to be invested in “new content creation and supporting Europe's cultural sectors” (www.ft.com)
2026-3-21 Europe AI

PwC's US boss Paul Griggs says partners who resist AI have no place at the firm, and it plans to convert some services into AI-powered automated tools (www.ft.com)
2026-3-19 AI

Deezer reports a net income of €9M in 2025, its first profit since its 2007 founding, while revenue fell 1.4% YoY to €534M (www.ft.com)
2026-3-19

Q&A with GV's Tom Hulme on the AI investment cycle, London and Europe's opportunities, Q.ai and Nothing investments, AI privacy issues, sovereign AI, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-3-18 Europe AI London

A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking (www.ft.com)
2026-3-18 AI chatbot

Banks start offloading $18B debt tied to the $55B buyout of EA; sources say EA told potential investors AI could let gaming companies cut engineering workforces (www.ft.com)
2026-3-18 AI

Sources: Microsoft weighs legal action against Amazon and OpenAI over whether AWS can offer OpenAI Frontier without breaching Microsoft-OpenAI agreement (www.ft.com)
2026-3-18 Amazon Microsoft

Sources: KKR, Blackstone, and other investors have turned down some data center debt because of insufficient insurance against risks like natural disasters (www.ft.com)
2026-3-17 Insurance

Mobile internet blackouts hit Moscow as the Kremlin tightens control; Roskomnadzor data shows daily traffic down ~20% since March 5 vs. the previous month (www.ft.com)
2026-3-14 Mobile

A US judge questions Elon Musk's $134B claim for damages in his lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft but rules he can still make his case to a jury (www.ft.com)
2026-3-14 Microsoft Elon Musk

Sources: Elon Musk pushed out two more xAI co-founders after getting frustrated with xAI's coding product progress and brought in “fixers” from SpaceX and Tesla (www.ft.com)
2026-3-14 Tesla Elon Musk SpaceX

Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn “tech sovereignty” could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants (www.ft.com)
2026-3-14 Manufacturing

Samsung's consumer device chief TM Roh says it is “open to strategic co-operation” with more AI companies, after recently adding Perplexity to its mobile OS (www.ft.com)
2026-3-12 Mobile Samsung AI

SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since November 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI ties grows; on March 9, it closed down 9.8% on Stargate delay reports (www.ft.com)
2026-3-12

SEC filing: Oracle sets aside an additional $500M for restructuring, bringing FY total to $2.1B, as it prepares to cut jobs and hails efficiencies from AI tools (www.ft.com)
2026-3-12 AI Oracle

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