Great talk, great energy and great tension between Vinted’s Plantenga and Cristina Criddle at TNW conference

NEW: OnlyFans CFO reveals his bank account was frozen due to his job title, just months after CEO ⁦Keily Blair⁩ told me she had been rejected for a personal bank account #tnwconference on.ft.com/3VUYkex

A Google DeepMind study of 200 observed incidents of misuse between January 2023 and March 2024 finds political deepfakes are the most common misuse of AI (@cristinacriddle / Financial Times) on.ft.com/4bilAaJ 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240625/p3#a240…

On the Finance Disrupted stage at Financial Times Live TNW Conference, Timi Merriman-Johnson DipFA spoke with Cristina Criddle on the rise of the 'finfluencer' and financial literacy on social media. 💻 Watch: thenextweb.com/events/talks 👉 To work with Timi, get in touch: [email protected]

scoop: Youtube is offering music labels lump sums of cash to get more artists to allow their songs to train AI. currently, only a handful of artists have signed on to an earlier test phase, including Charli XCX. Youtube wants to expand this to dozens of artists. more here:

One of the biggest and best jobs in the Financial Times is opening up: covering Microsoft, Amazon, tech (and more...) from our San Francisco bureau. Apply! boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

It was a bit windy for posing this morning but I got lots of attention and strokes 🗳️❤️ #dogsatpollingstations

X user growth has been sluggish since the Twitter takeover as newcomer Threads threatens w/ ⁦Clara Murray⁩ on.ft.com/3WdE4oi

Monday's FT front page

Artificial intelligence breakthroughs create new ‘brain’ for advanced robots on.ft.com/4dhYLFg

I had Sichuan food in London with Helen Toner, to discuss who should be in charge of AI, what THAT Nov weekend was like for her, and what she learned from attempting to oust one of tech’s most powerful CEOs. FT Weekend on.ft.com/3ye98LN

Great to speak with Cristina Criddle for this article... ft.com/content/6b8865…

Looking to understand the violence that erupted across the UK Yvette Cooper has called on social media companies to take responsibility for #misinformation. Dr Olivia Brown (Dr Liv Brown) University of Bath School of Management spoke to Cristina Criddle Financial Times ft.com/content/6b8865…

Perplexity’s popularity surges as #AI #search start-up takes on Google ft.com/content/87af33… #GenerativeAI Cristina Criddle Madhumita Murgia Financial Times

🇬🇧 It's my final week in London. What will I miss that I should make the most of before I move?

NEW: Employers and recruiters warn they are getting inundated with AI-written job applications - where content is copied and pasted straight from ChatGPT on.ft.com/3M26hbR

A fitting final story for me from the UK: ChatGPT started spontaneously speaking in Welsh to me and other users, a glitch in OpenAI’s voice model on.ft.com/3WPH9u3

Final london byline made it to the front 🥹

✨I am now based in San Francisco, still covering artificial intelligence, including leading AI companies but also how the technology impacts different industries - get in touch with tips or suggestions on who to meet ☕️

X's VP of Global Affairs Nick Pickles is leaving the company after a decade in which he fought multiple political battles and engaged with regulators worldwide (@cristinacriddle / Financial Times) on.ft.com/3B26sl7 techmeme.com/240906/p1#a240…