The Telegram case: Pavel Durov

Calder Quinn has fallen into a relationship with a chatbot called Sara. She’s kind, emotionally intelligent and creatively inspiring. But how can he tell his wife he is having sex with an AI girlfriend? In the first episode of Artificial Intimacy we look at how people are develop ...  Show more

A man tells his wife about his AI lover. A teenager dies after messaging his AI girlfriend. A marriage collapses after advice from an AI therapist. In this six-part narrative series, FT tech reporter Cristina Criddle explores the increasingly prominent role AI chatbots are playin ...  Show more

A Times investigation has found that Telegram, one of the world’s biggest messaging apps, with nearly a billion users, is also a giant black market and gathering place for the likes of terrorists and white supremacists.

Adam Satariano, a technology reporter for The Times ...

We finally have an excuse to tear down Telegram! Their CEO got arrested by the French, apparently not because the cryptography in Telegram is bad, but special guest Matt Green joined us to talk about how the cryptography is bad anyway, and you probably shouldn't use Telegram as a ...  Show more

On Wednesday, Telegram founder Pavel Durov was charged in France with a wide range of crimes related to illicit activity on the app. His detainment is part of an ongoing investigation by French authorities into the social media app.  Telegram, with its more than 900 million users ...  Show more

Le 24 août, Pavel Durov, fondateur de la messagerie Telegram a été arrêté à l’aéroport du Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis). Il venait d'atterrir à bord d’un jet privé en provenance d’Azerbaïdjan.

Le milliardaire franco-russe de 39 ans a lancé sa messagerie en ligne en 201 ...