Elon Musk transforms Wisconsin court race
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Google’s artificial intelligence arm DeepMind has been holding back the release of its world-renowned research, and Elon Musk has poured an unprecedented amount of money into a Wisconsin state supreme court race. Plus, Lebanon’s new central bank governor Karim Souaid has been mired in controversy.
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DeepMind slows down research releases in battle to keep competitive edge
The people vs Elon Musk: billionaire transforms Wisconsin court contest
Lebanon closes in on next central bank head
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| 0:33.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:36.1 | Today is Tuesday, April 1st, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:41.6 | Google's AI division is getting more secretive, and Elon Musk is shaking up a state election |
| 0:48.7 | in Wisconsin. |
| 0:50.5 | It's both a test of Donald Trump and the Republican Party's popularity, but also a test of Elon Musk's influence. |
| 0:58.1 | Plus, Lebanon has a controversial new central bank governor. |
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| 1:21.9 | Thank you. Google's Artificial Intelligence Division, Deep Mind, is scaling back how much research it releases. |
| 1:28.8 | This is a big turnaround for the group. It has long prided itself on its reputation for releasing groundbreaking papers. Those have played a major role in creating today's boom and generative |
| 1:34.9 | AI. The shift is a sign that DeepMind wants to stay competitive in the industry. Sources told the |
| 1:41.7 | F.T. that the group is most reluctant to share papers that could benefit its rivals, |
| 1:47.1 | or ones that make Google's own Gemini AI model look bad. |
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