South Korea to host second AI Safety Summit on May 21-22 reut.rs/49ybIbY

Microsoft to launch AI hub in London reut.rs/4aq9PPS

Exclusive: Britain's government has been urged to provide more support for the software industry with measures including tax incentives and talent visas reut.rs/4a8RsP3

Why is the EU probing Big Tech under the Digital Markets Act? reut.rs/4cuEM6U

Today we open 1st #investigations under the #DMA .

We are concerned #Alphabet , Apple & Meta are not meeting their obligations e.g:

👉 #Apple & #Alphabet still charge recurring fees to #app #developers
👉 #Meta offers no real choice for users to opt out of #data combination

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Demand for AI experience and expertise has surged in Italy, and regulators have found themselves vying for talent from the same shallow pool. But relatively low pay, long hiring processes and visa problems are thwarting their hiring ambitions reut.rs/3Vuvp0N

First paragraph of the DOJ suit vs. Apple. Dang.

Apple is in talks to build Google's Gemini AI engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the situation. The negotiations are about licensing Gemini for some new features coming to the iPhone software this year reut.rs/4a85znA

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An influx of artificial intelligence startups is heating up the battle for technical talent in Europe, leaving companies like Google DeepMind to choose between paying big or losing out on the region's best minds reut.rs/4aaPtcZ

The Mistral-Microsoft partnership is having a political fallout: Green MEPs sent the Commission a letter raising questions on possible conflicts of interests and transparency issues about Mistral's lobbying on the #AIAct . A 🧵1/10

Microsoft's deal with Mistral AI faces EU scrutiny reut.rs/49TiYzP

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Exclusive: Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models reut.rs/3SMahjF 1/8

Google is preparing to launch an anti-misinformation campaign across five countries in the European Union, the company told Reuters, ahead of the bloc's parliamentary elections and tougher new rules tackling online content reut.rs/3UH4kaw

Exclusive: Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says reut.rs/3Sm8h1E

Big #AI news

Margrethe Vestager has her eye on Big Tech partnerships around AI (that's Microsoft & OpenAI and Amazon & Anthropic and such like).

She has sent out questions to the big players & wants answers on market risks. /1
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Exclusive: US lawmakers urge Biden to probe EU targeting of tech firms -letter reut.rs/481QPGd

EU lawmakers will return to the negotiating table for a third day on Friday to try to resolve major differences over laws regulating artificial intelligence, the first of its kind as the world grapples with implications of the fast-growing technology reut.rs/3GAanFG

EU's AI Act could exclude open-source models from regulation reut.rs/46MwnYk