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At equinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Friday, March 15th, and this is your

FT news briefing. The UAE is looking to invest in open AI and the encrypted messaging app telegram is gearing up for more scrutiny

Plus we hear the story of an Uber eats worker who developed his own app to fight against the company's algorithm.

He kind of felt like workers around the world are just being shortchanged by the system because nobody's accountable to them

for what they're being paid or why decisions are made. I'm Sonia Hudson and

here's the news you need to start your day. Open AI may get a big new investor, the United Arab Emirates. The company is looking to launch a chip-making business.

It wants to be less dependent on those made by NVIDIA. But open AI needs cash to do it,

like up to seven trillion trillion over the next several years.

An Abu Dhabi based fund called MGS is in talks to invest in that venture.

MGS is backed by the UAE government and is led by the country's national security

advisor.

The social media platform, Telegram, has exploded in popularity in the past few years.

It's grown from a niche, encrypted messaging app to a real-time news source and a place to

organize. And now it wants to go public, but the problem is it's also home to a

ton of criminal activity and misinformation, kind of your Wild West type of social media app.

I'm joined now by Hannah Murphy, she's a tech correspondent for the FT.

Hi Hannah.

Hi, Hannah, Hi there. Hi.

Hannah what has this evolution looked like on telegram itself?

What it has looked like is is very messy with both pluses and minuses.

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