SpaceX mulls $1.5tn IPO timed to ‘align with Musk’s birthday and the planets’

World’s richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket company

Amazon tells workers it will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide in second big wave of layoffs

Workers informed after message erroneously said affected employees in US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been told

Popularity of EVs in country is part of global trend of emerging markets spurning fossil fuel cars at surprising speeds

Tech chiefs waxed poetic about AI to delegates at Davos. Plus, the ‘human’ drama of AI startups and why Tesla is thriving in Texas

Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’

Delivery firm aims to overcome ‘choice overload’ using voice assistant in its UK app, with global rollout planned

Airline raises forecasts for profits and passenger numbers, after boss said spat with Tesla CEO boosted bookings

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

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

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

Kristalina Georgieva says research suggests 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected, with many entry-level roles wiped out

US aerospace tech company reportedly held talks last year over private share sale that values business at $800bn

AI evangelist Peter Kyle wants to scale up businesses, attract overseas investors and look out for UK’s poorer regions