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Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom
Aggressive tariffs threaten to undermine Silicon Valley’s work on the crucial technology.

How AI's latest advancements could reshape creative professions
Updates mean AI can now replicate Studio Ghibli's anime art style convincingly.

Douglas Pharmaceuticals installs AI-driven robots, faces up to tariff threat
Four times faster than the humans.

Former Kiwi Facebook exec claims Meta misled Congress on China ties
Sarah Wynn-Williams alleged Meta collaborated with the Chinese Government on AI and more.

‘Who would hire me?’ The Generation X career meltdown
New York Times: The up-ending of business models has come at a bad time for Generation X.

OpenAI says it raised US$40b at valuation of US$300b
Biggest ever capital raise for a start-up.

Tech Insider: Microsoft pulls Windows 10 support unless you pay $50 or upgrade - experts on your level of risk if you’re stranded, promising news for Ubco customers, Being AI finally finds directors
PLUS: Being AI finally finds three independent directors - and they're big names.

Elon Musk selling X to his own xAI for $57 billion
The social media platform's future is 'intertwined' with that of xAI, Musk says.

Sky replaces call centre staff with AI, closes three centres in UK
Chatbots will replace the network's 2000 staff amid shifting trends.

The hidden cost of online dating scams in New Zealand
Some scams involved losses over $100,000, including cryptocurrency schemes.

Russian disinformation sites target NZ with te reo Māori content
'Pravda' sites in New Zealand are part of a global 'hybrid war' campaign.

India trip shows New Zealand must join the ambitious - Scott St John
OPINION: India is poised to seize the future, and New Zealand must move quickly.

Auckland real estate AI start-up sells to US firm
'I’m excited to dump some fuel on the fire.'

The geek who builds lethal AI weapons, with a hotline to Trump
Times: Is he the new Oppenheimer?

Henry Cavill as James Bond? The fake trailer creators trolling Hollywood
From Marvel teasers to faux Bond films, it’s getting hard to tell what’s real.

Chinese AI agent Manus sparks debate with mixed reviews
Manus launched in an invite-only phase, with tickets hard to get.

‘Making history’: Northland woman becomes world’s first customer to be digitally cloned
Liz Wright is the first person to be digitally cloned for a brand.

The making of Microsoft’s domestic data centre
How Kiwis got Satya Nadella on side.

Tech Insider: A cheap home EV charger that’s made in NZ, AWS’s local financials revealed
Keeping it Kiwi – with the help of some Aussie capital.

‘I worry how vulnerable people will be’: Kiwi actor Martin Henderson on deepfake fears
The Kiwi actor fears advances in technology will make criminals more money.