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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.OpenAI investors are working to get rid of the company’s board and reinstate Sam Altman as chief executive of the generative AI start-up, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation, in what would amount to a spectacular counter-coup they are confident could be concluded this weekend. A group of investors including Microsoft and prominent venture capital firms, along with employees at the company, were exploring options to resolve the crisis, according to three people briefed on the discussions. These options…
Look at economic data, and you’d think that young voters would be riding high right now. Unemployment remains low. Job opportunities are plentiful. Inequality is down, wage growth is finally beating inflation, and the economy has expanded rapidly this year.Look at TikTok, and you get a very different impression — one that seems more in line with both consumer confidence data and President Biden’s performance in political polls.Several of the economy-related trends getting traction on TikTok are downright dire. The term “Silent Depression” recently spawned a spate of viral videos. Clips critical of capitalism are common. On Instagram, jokes about…
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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Management buyouts in Japan have accelerated to their fastest pace in more than a decade as shareholder activism, intensifying governance pressure and a still open window of cheap financing trigger an exodus from public markets.A flurry of buyout announcements this month — involving companies in the education, basic materials and karaoke industries — are fuelling predictions by global and domestic private equity firms that MBOs could become the country’s biggest driver of deals in the coming years.“Over the last decade,…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing, in California, U.S., September 26, 2018. Picture taken on September 26, 2018. By Greg Bensinger and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -The CEO of Cruise, General Motors (NYSE:)’ robot taxi unit, on Saturday apologized for the company’s situation following an accident that led to the pause of its self-driving vehicle operations. In an email to staff reviewed by Reuters, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said the firm will make a…
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News OpenAI is in talks with Sam Altman to return as CEO after he was ousted on Friday, with the board saying they had lost confidence in the former CEO. Altman is said to be “ambivalent” about his return and would want governance changes, according to a report from The Verge on Saturday. A number of senior researchers also resigned on Friday. Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and former board chairman, resigned on Friday, in the wake of Altamn’s ouister. The two top executives have been talking to friends and investors about starting another company, according to the…
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas will endorse former President Donald Trump for their party’s 2024 nomination when the two team up Sunday near the U.S.-Mexico border, GOP sources in Texas confirm to Fox News.The former president will join the governor in Edinburg, Texas, for Abbott’s annual pre-Thanksgiving tradition of serving tamales to Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Texas National Guardsmen deployed along the southern border under the governor’s Operation Lone Star program.Trump endorsed Abbott in 2021, as the conservative governor was gearing up for re-election and faced multiple primary challenges from the right. Abbott overwhelmingly won renomination…
Sam Altman was fired via Google Meet, according to his former colleague Greg Brockman. Some are poking fun at the company for using a competitor product over one from Microsoft.The tech giant has poured some $13 billion into OpenAI and is its lead investor. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Some might say that Friday was not a day for corporate loyalty at OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker abruptly fired its CEO, Sam Altman, around noon on Friday, shocking many inside and outside of the…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Jeremy Hunt plans to speed up the roll out of new electricity networks in Britain by offering people living close to pylons and substations up to £10,000 off their bills over 10 years.In the Autumn Statement, which is due to be announced in the coming week, the chancellor will claim that the compensation package, alongside planning reforms, would halve the delivery time for new electricity projects from 14 years to seven.The slow delivery of new pylons, power lines and substations is seen…
© Reuters. OMAHA – Warren Buffett, the esteemed investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:), is under scrutiny following revelations from leaked IRS records that show a series of personal stock transactions that appear to conflict with his company’s interests. These transactions span nearly two decades and involve significant amounts of money, raising questions about his adherence to the ethical standards he has publicly advocated for throughout his career. Buffett, known for his ethical investing stance since the early 1990s, notably intervened at Salomon Brothers and later testified before Congress to advocate for stringent ethical standards in finance. Despite this…