Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More than 140 countries struck a deal on a strategy to raise and distribute billions of dollars to protect nature at a UN biodiversity summit that provided a “light of hope” amid rising geopolitical tensions … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sony Music has revealed the scale of its battle with artificial intelligence fakes of its artists by saying it has taken down more than 75,000 examples of AI-generated material featuring its biggest stars, including Harry … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Fintech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. City veteran Martin Gilbert has vowed he will “never” sell his shares in fintech Revolut as he invests in a new fund aimed at buying stock from employees of fast-growing technology firms globally. Gilbert, who is … Read more
Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view, according to asset managers and investors involved in the transactions. Since Musk was named a key figure in US President Donald Trump’s drive to remake the US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk’s attempt to immediately halt OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company was struck down by a US federal court on Tuesday, although the broader trial was expedited to this autumn. OpenAI is in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft’s $13bn investment in OpenAI has been cleared by the UK’s competition regulator, weeks after the artificial intelligence start-up struck a new partnership with SoftBank that reduces its reliance on the US big tech company … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK advertising group WPP has invested in a generative AI start-up that last year secured funding from tech entrepreneurs including former Google boss Eric Schmidt, as part of a strategic tie-up that will give it … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Discord is in early talks with banks about a public listing, according to people familiar with the matter, in a sign of a possible revival in the sluggish US IPO market. Founded in 2015 by … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The promise of generative AI tools is tantalising: a resource to free up time for more high-value work, streamline repetitive tasks and teach new skills. But survey data shows workers are not yet fully embracing … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said it was “not afraid” of losing Washington’s subsidies for its massive US investments, as the chief of the world’s largest chipmaker sought to reassure investors following US President Donald Trump’s … Read more