Matt Field

Faith in the public restored

Amazon's Kiro coding bot literally did the finale of Silicon Valley on AWS by deleting a chunk of its code, cracking scoop from the FT's @rafeuddin_

Full story in the @Telegraph @GlobalAffairs @Techmeme telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

Scoop from @jamestitcomb: Elon Musk's X has launched a landmark legal challenge against a €120m European Union fine and the bloc's Digital Services Act. The legal claim is set to provide a key test of whether the Digital Services Act conflicts with free speech laws in Europe.

The insane AI advancements we are all missing being evidenced by... a viral AI slop blog?

@DKThomp Let it guide every professional, personal, and financial decision you make from morning till night for 365 days. Every breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. If it says get a divorce, get a divorce. If it says quit your job and wear a tinfoil hat, do that.

Full story telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

One of Britain's only rocket businesses, Orbex, is on the brink of collapse and has filed a notice of its intent to appoint administrators. I understand sale talks with The Exploration Company are "dead".

A secretive British fixer acted as Jeffrey Epstein’s connection to Westminster and Silicon Valley elites, visiting his island and working to disguise his paedophile history. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/… Top reported stories from the files. Jaw dropping detail @jamestitcomb SUBSCRIBE

@Ronanchamberss @IvanLevingston News orgs exist to report on new, interesting info that their readers care about - not to flag wave, do PR for VCs, or pump the interests of 'FT Ventures'. That's what company blogs are for. And as already stated, they literally scooped the news.

"talks were at an early stage and could still change" Nothing on new investors, continued support from investors, board changes, specifics on funding split. I get the rumour was covered and thats a great thing (we used that article to talk about it on our show and are grateful to get access to information like this via the FT. But it would be nice to see the success covered in detail, especially as FT Ventures is an investor. A WSJ exclusive makes sense for ElevenLabs as they scale to the US, but surely the FT would want to cover this success in it's entirety?

Absolutely mind boggling how UK Headquartered ElevenLabs raising $500M at an $11B valuation yesterday is not in the Financial Times today. Genuinely curious as to how that hasn't been covered.

The Telegraph has uncovered yet more about the UK government's 'AI skills hub' that suggests the entire thing was a rushed, vibe-coded hack job (which cost £4.1 million of taxpayers' money). Their investigation reveals it includes: - courses that seem to be AI-generated scams - courses that are more than 20 years old - 'degrees' that cost thousands of pounds yet offer no meaningful qualifications - courses that don't exist at all And so much more. This bit killed me: "One course on 'digital agriculture fundamentals' is provided by a Canadian education company and requires applicants to live in the rural provinces of Alberta, Manitoba or Saskatchewan." Yet the government is digging in, saying the hub is meant to provide "deep and specialist expertise in AI", and that it intentionally includes "some hybrid international options". To be clear, if one of the AI companies the government so admires had released this product, the person responsible would have been fired within a day. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

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🚨SCOOP🚨 w/@Barnes_Joe The United States will control parts of Greenland by designating them as sovereign base areas under the terms of a proposed deal agreed in Davos. In a proposal mimicking Britain’s agreement with Cyprus, American bases would be considered US territory. It would allow the US to perform military operations, intelligence, and training without seeking permission from Denmark. The framework is seen as a creative workaround to Trump's demands for ownership of the island while maintaining Greenland's independence.

The owner of the company that built Mike Lynch's Bayesian superyacht is suing his wife for £400m, saying sales collapsed after the yacht sank telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

Full reaction as Labour hails victory over X's belated block on sexualised deepfakes on X, as we revealed on Tuesday telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

Grok also blocks similar requests within private chat on X. Grok's separate AI app and Grok Imagine will so far still create "bikini" images

NEW: Keir Starmer has said Elon Musk's X is now "acting to ensure full compliance with UK law" after we reported Grok appeared to have stopped generating AI deepfakes of women on the X app telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

#journorequest I am looking for someone to comment on their parent or grandparent's screen use! How does your older relative's screen time compare to yours, and is their use of tech changing?

🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer says he's been informed that X is acting in "full compliance" with the law over Grok "If so, that is welcome - but we're not going to back down... Ofcom will continue its independent investigation" #PMQs