AI is coming for Google’s search
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Israel moves some of its troops from southern Gaza to prepare for an operation in the city of Rafah, Google is considering charging for AI-powered search, and European defence companies are worried about their reliance on China for a critical component in gunpowder for ammunition. Plus, global stock market concentration has risen to its highest level in decades.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Israel says it has pulled out of Khan Younis to prepare for move on Rafah
European defence groups warn over reliance on Chinese cotton used in gunpowder
How Google lost ground in the AI race
Google considers charging for AI-powered search in big change to business model
Global dominance of biggest stocks rises to highest in decades
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Zach St. Louis, Mischa Frankl-Duval, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | At equinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, April 8th, and this is your |
| 0:17.8 | F.T. News briefing. Israel is preparing for a military operation in the city of Raffa, |
| 0:25.0 | and Google is thinking about making a big change to its search engine. |
| 0:30.0 | Plus, European defense groups are worried about their reliance on China for crucial military supplies. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Kasha Roussalian and here's the news you need to start your day. Israel says that it's withdrawing troops from the southern city of Han Yunus in |
| 1:00.4 | order to prepare for military missions in Raffa. |
| 1:04.0 | That's near Gaza's border with Egypt. |
| 1:06.6 | The Israeli military claims that that's where Hamas's last |
| 1:10.0 | stronghold is. |
| 1:11.3 | But many Western countries are deeply worried about any operation there. |
| 1:16.4 | The U.S. has warned that an attack on Raffa would be a huge mistake, because that's where more |
| 1:21.4 | than a million Palestinians are sheltering. |
| 1:24.0 | The move to pull troops out of Khan Yunus marks an end to the latest phase in Israel's |
| 1:29.0 | ground offensive against Moss. |
| 1:44.1 | Google is thinking about charging for new premium features powered by generative artificial intelligence. This would be the biggest ever shake up to its search business. |
| 1:47.7 | Here to talk about how AI could change the way we look up things online is the FT's |
| 1:52.4 | Madumida Mergia. |
| 1:54.0 | Hi Madu. |
| 1:55.1 | Hi there. |
| 1:56.5 | So what can you tell me about these premium features |
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