The Best of Financial Times
20+ most popular Financial Times articles, as voted by our community.
Financial Times on Amazon
Amazon to invest in start-ups that combine AI with robotics
Franziska Bossart, head of ecommerce giant’s $1bn innovation fund, vows to increase deals aimed at automating retail network
Financial Times on Artificial Intelligence
Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI
Amateur Kellin Pelrine exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated board game’s grandmasters
We must slow down the race to God-like AI
I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me
Financial Times on Big Data
Big data, Google and the end of free will — FT.com
For thousands of years humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Jean-Jacques Rousseau summed up this revolution in Emile, his 1762 treatise on
Sonification: turning the yield curve into music
With the proliferation of smart speakers, turning spreadsheets into sound could be the next big thing in data presentation
Financial Times on Business
FT Person of the Year: Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen of Novo Nordisk
The Danish company’s drugs for obesity could have a profound impact on healthcare, society and our relationship with food
Silicon Valley investors build $300bn cash pile in start-up funding crunch
US venture capitalists are sitting on a record amount of ‘dry powder’ as they avoid risky bets on fledgling companies
Financial Times on China
Chinese search giant launches AI chatbot with prerecorded demo
After demo, no one knows if Ernie can compete with ChatGPT.
China’s wealthy activate escape plans as Xi Jinping extends rule
Rich citizens fearing high taxes and personal safety move capital out of country and arrange residences overseas
Financial Times on Economy
Luxury goods: Europe’s joke on the world
The old continent profits from the cultural insecurities of other regions
Tyler Cowen: ‘Economists can’t predict the effects of new technologies. Surely that should humble us a bit?’
The libertarian professor is on a mission to inform and educate so that people can make themselves more productive
Financial Times on Quantum Computing
Quantum computing could break the internet. This is how
We don’t know when. We don’t know who will get there first. But Q-day will happen — and it will change the world as we know it
Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy
Researchers say their quantum computer has calculated an impossible problem for ordinary machines
Financial Times on Russia
Inside Putin’s circle — the real Russian elite
As the west focuses on oligarchs, a far smaller group has its grip on true power in Moscow. Who are the siloviki — and what motivates them?
How Russia’s mistakes and Ukrainian resistance altered Putin’s war
Moscow’s initial hopes of lightning-fast victory foundered in face of fierce opposition and its own shortcomings
Financial Times on Science
US scientists boost clean power hopes with fusion energy breakthrough
Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels
Global sperm counts are falling. This scientist believes she knows why
Shanna Swan has been investigating the impact of chemicals on human fertility for decades
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The nation that laughed itself stupid
Boris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain’s addiction to humour
US inflation resumes rapid rise by accelerating in May
Consumer prices rose 1% during month and 8.6% from a year ago, adding more pressure on Fed to cool the economy
Passive fund ownership of US stocks overtakes active for first time
Around 16 per cent of US stocks are held by index trackers and ETFs vs 14 per cent by actively managed funds
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