Overreliance on AI tools at work risks harming mental health

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The use of artificial intelligence has the capacity to boost productivity but the powerful technology also puts workers’ mental health at risk as it erodes traditional ways of collaborating. ChatGPT and other generative AI tools … Read more

Business schools ease their resistance to AI

The debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT sparked a wave of experimentation with artificial intelligence in business education and, more than two years on, the technology is reshaping how knowledge is delivered and absorbed. Challenges nonetheless persist: adoption is uneven, ethical concerns linger and the role of human instructors continues to evolve, even as AI cements its … Read more

Online disrupters challenge traditional MBA providers

Potential students are seizing the chance to go for online MBA-style programmes that offer flexibility, affordability and are tailored to their needs as they question the value of a traditional business school qualification. Rivals to long established schools are queueing up to offer training: from full MBAs offered by digital, mobile-first platforms such as Quantic … Read more

China’s self-driving lidar leader plans tariff-beating overseas factory

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s biggest maker of the laser sensors used in self-driving cars plans to open its first overseas plant next year as customers urge it to shield itself from geopolitical tensions. Shanghai-based Hesai, already embroiled in … Read more

US companies drop DEI from annual reports as Trump targets corporate values

Hundreds of US companies have removed references to “diversity, equity and inclusion” from their annual reports in a rapid pullback from the corporate values that have become a target of President Donald Trump’s administration. More than 200 of America’s largest corporate groups have culled mentions of DEI and related terms such as “diversity”, according to … Read more

How Joel Kaplan became Mark Zuckerberg’s most trusted political fixer

When Mark Zuckerberg announced his “free speech” overhaul to Meta’s content moderation in January, the unexpected pivot was the culmination of months of planning with a tight-knit inner circle driven by one key adviser: Republican lobbyist Joel Kaplan.  According to interviews with multiple current and former Meta employees, Kaplan has risen over the past decade … Read more

D-Wave claims to have reached ‘quantum supremacy’ after costly 25-year pursuit

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. D-Wave said it had crossed a critical threshold that would lead to the first practical uses of quantum computing, potentially bringing a pay-off for the controversial technical path it has followed for 25 years at … Read more