Artificial Intimacy — Sherry Turkle’s stark warning against AI ‘companionship’ [Tue, 06 Oct 12:00]From ChatGPT to Replika, the MIT professor illustrates an alarming rise in the use of bots as substitutes for human company — at the expense of personal growth and civic life
Andrew Garfield is a strangely likeable Sam Altman in OpenAI origin story Artificial [Tue, 06 Oct 09:32]Luca Guadagnino’s film of start-up fervour and betrayal charts the technology’s evolution from impressive to disturbing
FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026 — the shortlist [Tue, 06 Oct 09:29]Contenders include titles on weight-loss drugs, AI weaponry and forecasting
Insurers brace for multimillion-dollar claims over ‘rogue’ AI agents [Tue, 06 Oct 00:00]Insurers and lawyers weigh the cost of potential massive lawsuits and damages against the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic
The bond sell-off comes for corporate America [Tue, 06 Oct 00:00]Sharp sell-off in US Treasury market starts to feed through to junk-rated companies
Wall Street banks launch record $60bn chip deal for Broadcom and Anthropic [Mon, 05 Oct 16:58]Syndication of the massive financing package tests lending appetite amid growing concerns over mounting AI debt
Reflection AI boosts US ambition to compete with Chinese ‘open’ models [Mon, 05 Oct 15:00]Start-up claims new model Beam is on par with leading Chinese competitor as battle with Beijing intensifies