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    Cristina Criddle

    Technology reporter

    Cristina Criddle writes about technology for the FT and specialises in social media, big tech regulation and emerging technologies like the metaverse and artificial intelligence.

    She won gold at the 2023 MHP Group 30ToWatch Journalism awards for her technology reporting.

    Previously, she was a technology reporter at the BBC, where she presented on TV, radio and podcasts, as well as produced the documentary The Instagram Effect.

    Email Cristina Criddle @CristinaCriddle  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
      Law firms tackle hallucination hurdles to make AI a reality

      Legal teams are treading carefully as they test the technology

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      WhatsApp Inc
      Meta mulls putting ads in WhatsApp as it seeks revenue boost

      Talks are at an early stage, sources say, as Facebook parent looks for new ways to increase revenue

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Driverless vehicles
      UK start-up Wayve unveils self-driving system that explains its actions

      Company says use of AI gives vehicle owners more confidence in the technology but accepts model needs ‘more training’

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    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      The global race to set the rules for AI

      The industry and policymakers agree that the emerging technology needs regulating. But no one is quite sure how

    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Microsoft pledges legal protection for AI-generated copyright breaches

      US tech giant will assume customers’ liability for material created by AI assistants in Word and coding tools

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    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      UK tech tsar warns of AI cyber threat to NHS

      Ian Hogarth, head of AI task force, warns new technology could be used to cause disruption akin to pandemic

      Ian Hogarth, chair of AI taskforce
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Internet privacy
      UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging

      Ministers will not immediately enforce online safety bill powers to scan apps after WhatsApp threatened shutdown

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    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      Indonesia threatens to curb TikTok’s shopping platform

      Minister accuses Chinese-owned viral video app of ‘monopolistic’ business practices

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    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      YouTube Inc
      Shorts risks cannibalising core YouTube business, say senior staff

      Concerns raised that TikTok rival is drawing audiences away from the platform’s longer-form videos

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    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft significantly reworks $75bn Activision deal to win UK backing

      Cloud gaming rights to be sold to France-based Ubisoft under proposal

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    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Technology regulation
      UK to host AI safety summit at start of November

      ‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics

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    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      News in-depthMeta Platforms
      Meta disbands protein-folding team in shift towards commercial AI

      Move to terminate scientific project comes as Facebook parent prioritises moneymaking AI products over blue-sky research

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    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      Semiconductors
      UK chip sector cannot ‘recreate Taiwan in south Wales’, says tech minister

      Paul Scully says Britain will focus on semiconductor design over subsidising chipmaking, as government unveils advisory panel to develop sector

      Tech minister Paul Scully and former Dialog Semiconductor chief executive Dr Jalal Bagherli
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
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      Elon Musk’s X Corp sues anti-hate speech group over Twitter claims

      Legal challenge to Center for Countering Digital Hate comes as social media network rapidly loses advertising income

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    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
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      Peak social media: The future

      From Meta’s Threads to artificial intelligence, we ask how platforms will look and feel in years to come

    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Meta Platforms
      Meta prepares chatbots with personas to try to retain users

      Facebook owner seeks to seize on hype for AI while challenging rivals such as OpenAI, Snap and TikTok

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    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      UK competition watchdog reopens Microsoft-Activision deal to scrutiny

      CMA invites responses to tech giant’s new arguments in rare move that could pave way for $75bn takeover to close

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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon offers concessions over third-party sales to appease UK antitrust watchdog

      US tech giant addresses CMA concerns with proposed measures to help marketplace vendors

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    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Technology regulation
      UK to tighten rules over illegal content on internet platforms

      Social media and adtech groups to be given more responsibility for policing scams and what is seen by children

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    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      X Corp
      Twitter changes logo to X in corporate rebranding

      Social media group abandons bird logo as rival Meta steps up pressure

      The new X logo on Elon Musk’s Twitter account
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      FT GuidesArtificial intelligence in business: an explainer
      Which business tasks can AI take on? And which can it not?

      Sectors most likely to be affected are those involving language: advertising, journalism, consulting and law

    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      FT GuidesArtificial intelligence in business: an explainer
      What is artificial intelligence and how does it work?

      Computers can be trained to carry out complex tasks once performed only by humans — and often at a higher speed or accuracy

    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      News in-depthMeta Platforms
      Meta unfriends the news industry in growing rift with publishers

      Facebook’s parent company downgrades current affairs on Threads app and refuses to engage with Canadian law designed to fund media groups

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    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      News in-depthMeta Platforms
      Meta to release commercial AI model in effort to catch rivals

      Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google are surging ahead in Silicon Valley development race

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    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft and Activision exploring changes to $75bn deal, says UK regulator

      Restructured transaction could trigger a fresh antitrust probe, warns Competition and Markets Authority

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