Autonomous cars with ‘social sensitivity’ cut threat to road users, study finds

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Autonomous cars that are trained to respond more like humans to danger will cause fewer injuries during road accidents, according to a study that shows how driverless vehicles might be made safer. Vulnerable groups such … Read more

Microsoft to offer Elon Musk’s xAI models to cloud customers

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft is making Elon Musk’s start-up xAI’s artificial intelligence models available to its cloud computing customers, in the latest signal of the technology giant’s cooling relations with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The Seattle-based group said on … Read more

23andMe sold out of bankruptcy to Regeneron

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pharmaceuticals sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US drugmaker Regeneron has agreed to buy 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256mn, ending the genetics testing start-up’s messy run as a public company. The takeover comes less than two months after 23andMe filed for … Read more

EU moves to settle Microsoft Teams antitrust case

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Commission has taken the first step towards settling its antitrust probe against Microsoft, after the US tech giant offered new concessions on its Teams and Office products to avoid a hefty fine. The … Read more

Five of the best new cameras

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Through a lens brightly Fujifilm GFX100R Price: £4,699 BUY Just as vinyl has a certain quality of sound that its fans will try their best to explain, medium-format cameras produce a look that you simply can’t … Read more

The new markets for AI data

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the global co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Data is the foundation of the artificial intelligence revolution, but AI is also revolutionising the market for data. Developers are racing to invest … Read more