Why gold is having its biggest year since 1979 – CNN
Gold is having a gangbusters year — and that’s typically a red flag about the state of affairs in the world. This week, gold blew
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A $2bn AI unicorn tests London’s nerve – The Economist
This summer Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, opened a new glass-fronted office block in the centre of the capital. Its tenant was Synthesia, a firm
UK Overhaul of Jobless Benefits Would Save £3 Billion, IFS Says – Bloomberg
UK government plans to introduce a new Unemployment Insurance benefit could save as much as £3 billion ($4 billion) a year and increase weekly payments
The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI – The Financial Times
The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI. Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence. In
AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor
Generative AI models are trained on publicly accessible creative content yet offer little to the artists, journalists, coders, and others who produce it. A levy
PODCAST: The largest leveraged buyout in history?
Electronic Arts, a publicly traded company, was just purchased for $55bn by a consortium of investors led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The investors
The future for EVs in America looks grim. But the auto industry isn’t giving up – CNN
Just a couple of years ago, America’s auto industry had visions of an all-electric future. It has since abandoned that talk after the Trump administration
Anthropic and IBM Partner in Bid for AI Business Customers – WSJ
Anthropic is working with International Business Machines to make its artificial-intelligence models available inside IBM’s software, the two companies said Tuesday, in an attempt at
Let’s talk about how AI is transforming business
If you’re wondering how AI is transforming business, the answer is not as straightforward as you might think. While you’ve probably heard of “generative AI,”
Canada Goods-Trade Deficit Widens as Exports Retreat – WSJ
A retreat in goods exports widened Canada’s trade deficit in August to the second highest on record. The country’s merchandise-trade shortfall came in at 6.32