Messaging: WhatsApp’s business case could lift wider sector
Raising demand requires additional services, and generative artificial intelligence could be the answer
Social Media
Safran to buy Collins flight controls unit for $1.8bn
Acquisition comes in wake of shift towards more sophisticated generation of aircraft
Mergers & Acquisitions, Aircraft manufacturing
The risks and rewards of recruiting AI as a spy
This technology can help intelligence agencies sift through oceans of data but it is no substitute for humans — yet
Artificial intelligence
Coutts: the king’s bank at the centre of a free-speech storm
The closure of Nigel Farage’s account sparks a debate about a lender’s power to remove clients
Financial & markets regulation
Generative AI will be great for generative AI consultants
And for everyone else it’s a data clean-up job, says JPMorgan
Artificial intelligence
Why investors are calling DIBs on a new kind of bond
Also in today’s newsletter, why US solar panel installations could jump this year
Renewable energy
Director Christopher Nolan: ‘Oppenheimer is absolutely a cautionary tale’
The Hollywood director on streaming, strikes — and why his new atomic bomb biopic speaks to the age of AI
Lunch with the FT
THG sells two lossmaking businesses as ecommerce group slims down
Company wants to streamline and reverse lacklustre performance
Ecommerce
Tech companies to make AI safety and transparency pledges to White House
Executives will convene in Washington as Biden administration races to craft guardrails for the technology
Artificial intelligence
Poker is booming again. What’s different this time?
The World Series of Poker’s Main Event, a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold ’em tournament, drew a record 10,043 entrants this month
Travel & leisure industry