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“While Altman measured success with numbers…Hassabis chased awards. He often told staff that he wanted DeepMind to win between three and five Nobel Prizes over the next decade, according to people who worked with him.” From Parmy Olson new book! amazon.co.uk/Supremacy-Chat…

News I never wanted to be sharing 💔 Legendary tech journalist Steve O'Hear has died. Steve was a friend and mentor to many of us at Sifted, and we'll dearly miss him. sifted.eu/articles/steve…

Scoop: The EU has warned X that it may calculate fines against the social-media platform by including revenue from Elon Musk’s other businesses. That would significantly increase the potential penalty for violating content moderation rules. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Two things are clear from Mark Bergen’s discussion with Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru: 1. Sequoia is very bullish on robots in Germany. 2. It is going to put more money into defense tech, which she described as a space that has gone underinvested for too long. #BloombergTech Bloomberg Live

Klarna shareholders voted to oust one of the company’s board members in the latest sign of simmering tension at the financial technology behemoth. Story with Mark Bergen, Jenny Surane and Paige Smith bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: We analyzed more than 53,000 posts over more than a decade sent by Elon Musk on X, and found that immigration and voter fraud has become — by far — his favorite and most popular policy topic online. bloom.bg/3UiUOJy

exciting news! ⤵️ also: I'll still be tracking startup scene in the region, but now focusing bit more on features/investigations (plus some editing) give Yazhou Sun all the good tips!

Labour is positioning itself as a champion for AI after some early decisions led to scepticism among its own MPs + venture capitalists on its commitment to the issue.  Our deep dive on the UK’s AI plans with Mark Bergen Seth Fiegerman bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US efforts to counter China's so-called Digital Silk Road in Africa are intensifying, led by eBay's former CEO Meg Whitman With Mark Bergen and Loni Prinsloo bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A profile of Italian private equity firm Bending Spoons, which bought WeTransfer, Evernote, and other distressed subscription apps, and plans to spend billions (Mark Bergen / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241028/p9#a241…

From last night, a little capstone on the Stability AI saga: seven months after leaving, former CEO has given up his controlling shares. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…