UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round

Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customers

AI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study finds

Britain is losing more jobs than it creates owing to artificial intelligence, Morgan Stanley research suggests

Good transport links and the quietly booming nuclear sector are helping the Cheshire town to thrive

Study finds top performers over past decade have companies in industries such as software, marketing and finance

Multiple small-business indexes show an uptick in optimism as well as an easing of cost pressures and uncertainty

Survey reveals ‘mismatched AI expectations’ between views of employers and staff over impact on careers

Altman’s campaigning for his company coincides with its use of enormous present resources to serve an imagined future

Tech could lose its social acceptance unless it makes people’s lives better – and trade unions want an urgent conversation

Target, Delta and Hilton targeted with actions leading up to economic blackout of no work, shopping or school

Critics say banks will be able to avoid tax on compensation payouts to victims of £11bn loans scandal

Activists say the retailer has met with clergy but not spoken out against ICE or safeguarded employees and customers

Amid the tumult of the WEF in Davos this week, some investors are leading the way by ditching US government bonds

Change being considered amid global glut driven by supplies from China along with a rise in protectionism

Electric van sales are behind government targets, but those fleets that have switched are seeing a real difference

US legal cannabis industry seeks new ways to incorporate weed into meals after a tough year for business in 2025