Since Parmy Olson won last year’s Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award with Supremacy, about tech companies’ battle for control of artificial intelligence, she has started using large language models more frequently in her own research. “[They] can be a helpful tool for bouncing ideas around, [exploring] angles, and getting historic … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Carmakers have been forced to tone down their promotion of autonomous driving functions in new models unveiled at this week’s Shanghai automotive show after a safety crackdown by Beijing. Advertising the self-driving capabilities of electric … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Revolut more than doubled its profits to £1bn last year, as Europe’s most valuable start-up surpassed 50mn customers and benefited from a surge in cryptocurrency trading. In an annual report published on Thursday, Revolut said … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The EU’s decision to roll back some of its corporate sustainability reporting rules will have been a welcome move for European companies that have complained of overregulation. Policymakers insist they are sticking to ambitious climate … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chipmaker SK Hynix’s quarterly operating profit has more than doubled on strong sales of advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence products, amid stockpiling ahead of looming US tariffs. Analysts said SK Hynix toppled arch-rival … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US has halted a $5bn offshore wind project that Norway’s Equinor is developing, dealing a blow to the embattled renewable power sector and signalling an aggressive new push against clean energy initiatives. Interior … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A quarter of BP investors have voted against the re-election of outgoing chair Helge Lund in the biggest protest against the head of a FTSE 100 board for five years. Preliminary results from the energy … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has accused the IMF and World Bank of “mission creep”, calling for them to step back from “their sprawling and unfocused agendas” on climate change and gender issues. “The IMF … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government and Italian energy company Eni will announce on Thursday the final go-ahead for a 38-mile pipeline to gather carbon dioxide from industrial plants around Liverpool and Manchester and bury them offshore. Two … Read more