Bank of England fears AI bubble about to pop
Threadbare faith in AI valuations
The Bank of England has warned that the frothy optimism inflating the world’s biggest tech stocks could soon splatter across trading floors, saying the risk of a “sharp market correction” has grown alarmingly.
AI killing the internet
Users ditch clickbait for instant answers
A new study by Loopex Digital shows that major websites are haemorrhaging visitors as users increasingly turn to AI chat tools instead of clicking through to traditional pages.
OpenAI overtakes Musk’s SpaceX in valuation game
AI outfit now the priciest start-up on the planet
Chatgpt maker OpenAI has stitched up a deal that values the artificial intelligence outfit at $500 billion, putting it ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the most expensive start-up in the world.
Musk empire losing talent
Executives flee as xAI chaos and politics drive departures
Elon Musk is burning through top lieutenants at a pace that makes even the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street look stable.
Nvidia throws $100 bn at OpenAI
Chipmaker plans to bank roll a glut of AI data centres
Nvidia has decided to fling up to $100 billion at OpenAI in what is being dressed up as a grand AI infrastructure partnership.
AI doctors hate women and minorities
Bias baked into medical models
Artificial intelligence tools touted as the saviours of overstretched hospitals could end up doing the opposite for women and ethnic minorities, according to new research.
OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom
ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction
OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.
Microsoft builds its own AI models
Copilot gets high-speed voice generation while foundation model debuts on LMArena
Software King of the World, Microsoft has trundled out two new in-house AI efforts, one already talking inside Copilot and the other still in the test arena.
OpenAI’s corporate restructuring could drag into 2026
Microsoft standoff stalls SoftBank billions
OpenAI’s attempts to restructure its business have hit the skids as it locks horns with the software King of the World, Microsoft, leaving billions in SoftBank cash hanging in the balance.
OpenAI throws open its models to keep pace with China
Coughs up open-weight models after DeepSeek rattled its cage
OpenAI has released a pair of open-weight AI models, months after it was outflanked by Chinese upstart DeepSeek and left scrambling to rewrite its strategy.