Swiss industrial giant says Trump tariffs will create ‘inflationary environment’

This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Hello and welcome to Energy Source, coming to you from New York. US President Donald Trump has made adjustments … Read more

Tech cash flows to the US and VinFast slashes prices

Hello, this is Kenji. This week, I am writing this newsletter from Beijing, where I am covering the so-called Two Sessions, the political show performed in the heart of the Chinese capital in early March every year. The “two” refers to the National People’s Congress (NPC), the rubber-stamp legislature under the one-party authoritarian regime, and … Read more

Help is coming in the AI copyright wars

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As you might expect, the protests have been creative, even quirky. More than 1,000 artists, including Annie Lennox and Kate Bush, supported the release this week of a silent album containing nothing more than background … Read more

Microsoft urges Donald Trump to rethink AI chip export controls

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Microsoft has warned Donald Trump’s administration it risks making a “strategic mis-step” if it pushes ahead with export controls on artificial intelligence chips, which will push allies to use Chinese technology instead. Brad … Read more

OpenAI reveals GPT-4.5 amid flurry of new AI model releases

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI has launched its largest artificial intelligence model with fewer “hallucinations”, the latest in a flurry of AI releases by US tech groups. The San Francisco-based company on Thursday unveiled GPT-4.5, its long-awaited update to … Read more