Why AI video avatars are serving some of the world’s biggest companies

Constructing an avatar of myself is even weirder than I expected. It’s a choreographed experience that made me feel about as socially awkward as I’ve ever felt while alone. I gave the avatar ...

These companies are rolling up their sleeves to implement AI

For today’s business leaders, there’s nothing more exhilarating—and daunting—than the potential of AI.The economic gains it promises to unlock are almost unfathomable, so there’s no more urgent task ...

AI is already changing the practice of law, attorneys say

In 2019 a metal cart rolled down the aisle of an Avianca flight from El Salvador to New York and struck Roberto Mata on the knee. Mata retained two personal injury lawyers to sue the airline, ...

Here are the 4 pillars of Trump’s growing crypto empire—and the key people running the show

It’s no secret that President Trump, once a Bitcoin skeptic, has become a full-blown convert and that he and his family are using crypto to enrich themselves. What far fewer people understand is how ...

Tech stocks look shaky, and the market is ‘showing early signs of vulnerability,’ JPMorgan analyst says

Nasdaq 100 futures were flat this morning after the index lost 1% yesterday following Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, which investors did not like. The stock was down 3% after Elon Musk’s company revealed ...

Will recycling ever be profitable? AMP Robotics is using AI to make it so

There’s an old English saying: Where there’s muck, there’s brass. Garbage isn’t sexy, but it can be lucrative, if handled correctly—especially when it comes to retrieving and reusing recyclable ...

Three questions AI needs to answer

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.If 2024 was the year of experimentation with generative AI, then last year ...