The Big Tech earnings dilemma
Financial Times
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Ukraine is shifting its long-range drone campaign to focus on critical Russian infrastructure, and Big Tech companies are facing an AI dilemma as they report quarterly earnings.
Plus, Google DeepMind is leaving behind its Nobel-winning AlphaFold project for new ventures, and PwC published “thought leadership” reports containing AI-generated hallucinations.
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https://www.ft.com/content/5ca782bd-5c4a-45f8-9a7a-5793d800321d?accessToken=zwAAAaBEqkKPlM9cp4K9XEpF-NOaeleT2AAyHdP4wDtb4ZRCNtOCwzibb13Xrs9hspU97g1F3tOvbqnBz1JLM89-FJrILOJCZtOJQBkvmCGzPAE.MEUCIQC7jeaHcPczr_WEZJhxvdAfKLlTc5g86ZK-JpZnY12UyAIgNbCObIaKz02Cgu8Z-o_KxV8i5TuUoUR06NPX34UwLIc&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine adapts strikes on Russian energy industry to hit critical components
https://www.ft.com/content/f8c03b5b-e194-4236-82c3-389b6f5dd7ae?accessToken=zwAAAaBEqkKPlM9cp4K9XEpF-NOaeleT2AAyHdP4wDtb4ZRCNtOCwzibb13Xrs9hspU97g1F3tOvbqnBz1JLM89-FJrILOJCZtOJQBkvmCGzPAE.MEUCIQC7jeaHcPczr_WEZJhxvdAfKLlTc5g86ZK-JpZnY12UyAIgNbCObIaKz02Cgu8Z-o_KxV8i5TuUoUR06NPX34UwLIc&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chip stocks tumble as AI sell-off deepens
https://www.ft.com/content/61b2953d-ee0d-45de-af6e-a9c1cf524b33?accessToken=zwAAAaBEqkKPlM9cp4K9XEpF-NOaeleT2AAyHdP4wDtb4ZRCNtOCwzibb13Xrs9hspU97g1F3tOvbqnBz1JLM89-FJrILOJCZtOJQBkvmCGzPAE.MEUCIQC7jeaHcPczr_WEZJhxvdAfKLlTc5g86ZK-JpZnY12UyAIgNbCObIaKz02Cgu8Z-o_KxV8i5TuUoUR06NPX34UwLIc&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift
https://www.ft.com/content/7e149ac8-2ce2-4266-8940-192f9821b33c?accessToken=zwAAAaBEqkKPlM9cp4K9XEpF-NOaeleT2AAyHdP4wDtb4ZRCNtOCwzibb13Xrs9hspU97g1F3tOvbqnBz1JLM89-FJrILOJCZtOJQBkvmCGzPAE.MEUCIQC7jeaHcPczr_WEZJhxvdAfKLlTc5g86ZK-JpZnY12UyAIgNbCObIaKz02Cgu8Z-o_KxV8i5TuUoUR06NPX34UwLIc&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations
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