Your pushy AI intern is ready for a promotion

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A few months ago, it wasn’t uncommon to hear company executives compare artificial intelligence to a super-efficient intern: fast and keen, but you will want to check their work before it goes to the client. … Read more

How I taught an AI to think like a painter

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is a certain type of artist who yearns to go beyond the contents of their own head. I have long wished for a truly malleable painterly space, one that has the velocity and dynamism … Read more

Killer fungi to spread as climate heats up

Rising temperatures will drive the global spread of a killer fungus that infects millions of people a year, according to new research on how climate change is stoking severe disease threats. The Aspergillus family could expand its reach to more northerly swaths of Europe, Asia and the Americas, underscoring the stealthy menace of moulds already … Read more

why hackers hit household names

The boss of Marks and Spencer told shoppers on Friday that the retailer was working “day and night” to fully restore its operations and “get things back to normal as quickly as possible” following a cyber attack that started a fortnight ago and has wiped more than £600mn off its value. This is the second … Read more

New RWS chief buys in after profit warning

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Investments myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Investors didn’t react well to RWS Holdings’ first-half trading update last week. The Aim-traded language services specialist, which translates documents such as patents or trademark filings, issued a profit warning that sent its battered shares down … Read more