Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Tuesday, April 1st, and this is your FT news briefing.
Google's AI division is getting more secretive and Elon Musk is shaking up a state election in Wisconsin.
It's both a test of Donald Trump and the Republican Party's popularity,
but also a test of Elon Musk's influence.
Plus, Lebanon has a controversial new central bank guide.
Governor, I'm Sonya Hutson and here's the news you need to start your day.
Google's artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, is scaling back how much research it releases.
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 in generative AI.
The shift is a sign that DeepMind wants to stay competitive in the industry.
Sources told the FT
that the group is most reluctant to share papers that could benefit its rivals or ones that make Google's own Gemini AI model look bad.
Wisconsin is voting today to pick a new state Supreme Court justice.
They could decide cases like a state abortion ban and new congressional district maps.
Now, the election is supposed to be nonpartisan,
but this year Elon Musk has poured a ton of money into it and has been using controversial tactics.
The FT's Washington correspondent, Joe Miller,
recently went to Wisconsin and he joins me now to talk about it.