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London bags $9bn US AI firm Replit’s first overseas office

Replit, the $9bn (£6.64bn) US AI coding start-up, has picked London for its first international office as the capital continues to attract some of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing AI companies. The San Francisco-based company has opened in King’s Cross and will use London as the base for its European operations, with plans to double its…

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OpenAI is begging for someone to slow the AI race

AI leaders are sounding the alarm as their own breakthroughs sharpen an extraordinary dilemma: slow down and risk falling behind, or press ahead and risk losing control. Why it matters: AI executives and researchers increasingly see a race they can't safely slow on their own.

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The first AI election

More than 30 candidates have signed an AI pledge as concerns over data centers, jobs and corporate accountability enter the 2026 midterm elections

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Banks Turn Card Replacement Into a Single AI Workflow

Banks have spent the past several years asking whether artificial intelligence can make better decisions. The more important question is becoming whether their infrastructure can execute those decisions. While 52% of banks have piloted agentic AI, just 16% have fully deployed production use cases, according to data cited in the September…

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