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Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash

Al Gore has spent more than two decades as one of the most recognizable voices in the climate movement, so when he talks about AI, it’s worth paying attention to what he considers truly scary. And it isn’t what has people protesting data centers in the streets. In an interview with TechCrunch this week alongside

Arcee AI built Trinity for about $20m, and investors now value it at $1bn+

“Organizations should not have to choose between the capabilities of a frontier model and the ability to control the technology at the center of their work,” said Mark McQuade, co-founder and chief executive of Arcee AI. The San Francisco company builds open-weight AI models. It has raised a Series B round that values it at

Tech companies under fire as Europe proposes social media ban for under-15s

Sergii Figurnyi - stock.adobe.co European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them By Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor Published: 16 Sep 2026 17:00 Children under 15 in Europe will be prohibited from having unsupervised social media accounts, along with new demands for

Media Briefing: Some publishers are changing event timelines to appeal to advertisers

This week’s Media Briefing takes a look at how some publishers are tweaking their events calendar to hopefully maximize advertising revenue in an economic downturn. The key hits:  Some publishers are refraining from holding tentpole events until later in the year with the hopes that advertisers will be able to spend more in the second

Future of TV Briefing: TikTok’s revenue-sharing terms are turning off some creators

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the language inside TikTok’s revenue-sharing terms that has creators concerned. To join TikTok’s Pulse program, creators must agree to grant TikTok the ability to sub-license their content without receiving royalties. The terms are likely a defensive move by TikTok to protect itself against potential legal claims. Some

Ukraine live briefing: U.K. to send ‘most significant’ military aid package for Ukraine; Dnipro survivors unlikely

The U.K. will send self-propelled guns artillery rounds, armored vehicles and other equipment to make sure Ukraine “seizes its upper hand” against Russia...

Marketing Briefing: For this year’s Super Bowl, marketers will seek to ‘stretch investment’ however they can

Even so, marketers and agency execs say that the importance of the Super Bowl remains high as it is one of the few events where consumers are tuning in live and actually paying attention to the ads. That attention – harder and harder to come by – is why marketers are still willing to shell

Marketing Briefing: How marketers are finding ways to use the latest buzzy AI tool, ChatGPT

Freelance creative director David Wecal has been testing the capabilities of ChatGPT — the artificial intelligence bot developed by OpenAI that’s been a hot topic among creatives in recent weeks — and posting the results on his LinkedIn. Often engaging, sometimes surprising, Wecal is one of a number of creatives looking to understand what ChatGPT

Your UK Sunday Briefing: High-Level Talks Set on Union Demands

Follow us at @BloombergUK and on Facebook, and wrap up your day with The Readout newsletter with Allegra Stratton.

Future of TV Briefing: 5 questions about the future of TV in 2023

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at some of the top questions facing the TV, streaming and digital video industry in 2023. Happy new year? YouTube’s NFL deal, Amazon’s standalone sports streamer and more Happy new year? The key hits: What are the costs of TV’s and streaming’s austerity era? Will the streaming audience

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Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash

Al Gore has spent more than two decades as one of the most recognizable voices in the climate movement, so when he talks about AI, it’s worth paying attention to what he considers truly scary. And it isn’t what has people protesting data centers in the streets. In an interview with TechCrunch this week alongside

Arcee AI built Trinity for about $20m, and investors now value it at $1bn+

“Organizations should not have to choose between the capabilities of a frontier model and the ability to control the technology at the center of their work,” said Mark McQuade, co-founder and chief executive of Arcee AI. The San Francisco company builds open-weight AI models. It has raised a Series B round that values it at

Tech companies under fire as Europe proposes social media ban for under-15s

Sergii Figurnyi - stock.adobe.co European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them By Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor Published: 16 Sep 2026 17:00 Children under 15 in Europe will be prohibited from having unsupervised social media accounts, along with new demands for

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