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
More than a quarter of Britons say they fear losing jobs to AI in next five years Survey reveals ‘mismatched AI expectations’ between views of employers and staff over impact on careers
Sam Altman’s make-or-break year: can the OpenAI CEO cash in his bet on the future? Altman’s campaigning for his company coincides with its use of enormous present resources to serve an imagined future
AI must augment rather than replace us or human workers are doomed Tech could lose its social acceptance unless it makes people’s lives better – and trade unions want an urgent conversation
Young will suffer most when AI ‘tsunami’ hits jobs, says head of IMF Kristalina Georgieva says research suggests 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected, with many entry-level roles wiped out
SpaceX lines up Wall Street banks as Musk eyes blockbuster IPO US aerospace tech company reportedly held talks last year over private share sale that values business at $800bn
‘I’m picking winners’: UK business secretary takes activist approach to economic growth AI evangelist Peter Kyle wants to scale up businesses, attract overseas investors and look out for UK’s poorer regions
Former FTX crypto executive Caroline Ellison released from federal custody Ellison testified against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s founder and her ex-partner who was sentenced to 25 years in prison
The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026 OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to commute prison sentence US justice department’s website shows the disgraced former CEO petitioned Donald Trump over fraud conviction
Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon warns of civil unrest but Nvidia’s Jensen Huang argues tech will create rather than destroy jobs
Elon Musk floats idea of buying Ryanair after calling CEO ‘an idiot’ Tesla boss clashed with Michael O’Leary when airline boss rejected installing Starlink technology on aircraft
UK exposed to ‘serious harm’ by failure to tackle AI risks, MPs warn Government, Bank of England and FCA criticised for taking ‘wait-and-see’ approach to AI use in financial sector
Rashida Tlaib on fighting billionaire oligarchs: ‘The American people overwhelmingly want to tax the rich’ The Democratic representative plans to introduce a bill halting subsidies and tax advantages for the super-rich