Intro

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Deepmind, xAI and Meta - all of them are building models to push the frontiers of artificial intelligence, and all of them want to be the world’s leading AI company. Who will come out on top?

With the help of the FT’s expert reporters, technology news editor Murad Ahmed explores the battles going on between Silicon Valley’s frontier AI labs, and the personal rivalries driving them. 

Who will win out in the bitter rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic? Can Elon Musk’s xAI or Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta catch up? Or is Google Deepmind destined to control our AI future? 

FT articles free to read: 

Anthropic’s Mythos AI model tests limits of global cyber defences

OpenAI investors question $852bn valuation as strategy shifts

DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis warns AI investment looks ‘bubble-like’

Meta releases first AI model since Zuckerberg’s spending spree

How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images

Tech Tonic is hosted by Murad Ahmed and produced by Edwin Lane. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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