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Richard Waters

West Coast editor

Richard Waters is the FT’s west coast editor, based in San Francisco. He leads a team of writers focused on tech in Silicon Valley. He also writes widely about the tech industry, and the uses - and impact - of technology. Current areas of interest include artificial intelligence, and the growing power of the leading US tech platforms.

His previous positions at the FT include various finance beats in London, New York bureau chief, and technology media and telecoms editor, also based in New York.

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  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
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    Talk of a coming crackdown on social media companies is overblown Premium content

    Brazil’s X ban and Telegram founder’s arrest are exceptions, not the rule

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  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
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    Volatility looks like becoming the new reality in the sector on public markets

    OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Business InsightNvidia
    Nvidia faces looming test on use of chips

    When AI models go into widespread use in applications for consumers and businesses, demand may change

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  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Microsoft Corp
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    Tech giant to host September summit for cyber security companies to discuss improving software resilience

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  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Business InsightArtificial intelligence
    We are a long way from truly open-source AI

    If users cannot see the underlying data on models they are not free to reproduce it

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  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
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    Mike Lynch’s journey from tech founder to long legal battle

    The outsider entrepreneur was celebrating a courtroom victory when the yacht he was on sank

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  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
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    Anupreeta Das investigates the power of Microsoft co-founder to shape our world — and asks: is it effective and accountable?

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  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Business InsightArtificial intelligence
    Google’s antitrust defeat could shape AI markets

    Court ruling on search could prevent companies from dominating newer markets

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
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    Intel shares fall 26% on plans to cut 15,000 jobs

    US chipmaker says it will also reduce capital spending as turnaround strategy hits another setback

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Business InsightArtificial intelligence
    Media groups seek a new profit model with AI

    Industry seeks to avoid painful experience with online gatekeepers such as Google and Facebook

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  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Business InsightArtificial intelligence
    AI is approaching an open-source inflection point

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    There’s a growing fear over excessive regulation and overconcentration of corporate power

    Elon Musk
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Business InsightArtificial intelligence
    AI bubble set to inflate further

    It will take time for the technology to be put to productive use by customers

    Nvidia chief Jensen Huang giving a keynote address in Las Vegas last month
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Business InsightArtificial intelligence
    The cloud over cloud companies

    The sector has been left behind in the euphoria over artificial intelligence sweeping through the stock market

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  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Business InsightEU tech regulation
    Big Tech investors should be paying more attention to EU’s regulatory strikes

    Latest actions target some of the core practices that have helped the biggest companies consolidate their power

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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
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    Nvidia tide is lifting the tech sector

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  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
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    A souped-up Siri and personalised emojis are coming but the most important question remains unanswered

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Michael Lynch
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    Prosecutors struggled to connect Autonomy founder to alleged fraud while he made his case to the jury

    A montage of Mike Lynch and the logos of HP, Autonomy and the seal of the US District Court in California
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Michael Lynch
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    UK tech entrepreneur had been extradited to face criminal case over $11bn sale to HP in 2011

    Mike Lynch
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Business InsightStreaming services
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    Rising subscription prices are likely to lead to a rebundling of services

    Spotify app on a phone
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    Special ReportAI for Schools
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    The EU’s new AI Act is the first to make companies liable for the effects of large, general-purpose AI systems, but critics say regulators should only step in if needed

  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    The Big Read
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  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
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    AI’s biggest promise for consumers remains just that — a promise

    An arm’s race is in full swing in the personal computing and smartphone worlds but fundamental problems are unresolved

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
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