Paramount in talks for sale to Skydance as Shari Redstone explores options
Hollywood studio’s shares up nearly 40% over month as deal speculation mounts
Mergers & Acquisitions
EU agrees landmark rules on artificial intelligence
Legislation lays out restrictive regime for emerging technology
Artificial intelligence
Central banks and the return of the unreliable boyfriend
Their rhetoric is starting to lack credibility as powerful economic headwinds emerge
Central banks
Metaverse aside, Zuckerberg has had a surprisingly good year
Interest in virtual reality remains tepid — but his AI experiment proved more successful
Social Media
French AI start-up Mistral secures €2bn valuation
Eight-month-old group set to close roughly €400mn funding round as early as Friday, in new deal lead by Andreessen Horowitz
Artificial intelligence
Finnish court blocks extradition of Russian warlord to Ukraine
Supreme court says Jan Petrovsky could face degrading treatment in Ukrainian custody
Terrorism
‘I’m not Jason Bourne!’ Sean Turnell, the economist jailed by the Myanmar junta
The Australian academic on working with Aung San Suu Kyi, the souring of a democratic dream — and the 650 days he spent in prison
Lunch with the FT
UK fines 120 offshore companies for transparency law breach
Penalties issued to entities over failure to comply as government seeks to crack down on kleptocracy
Financial & markets regulation
Gambling group Entain’s chief under pressure as activists circle
Jette Nygaard-Andersen faces rising investor frustration as shares languish and tightening regulation bites
Mergers & Acquisitions
UK watchdog examining Microsoft’s ties to OpenAI
CMA invites comment on multibillion-dollar partnership that has become a template for AI alliances
Artificial intelligence