What if AI knows your death date?
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has signalled he wants to cut taxes further in the coming months, the conflict in the Red Sea is rekindling fears over oil and inflation, and the FT’s Anjana Ahuja says scientists have developed artificial intelligence models to predict how long people will live.
Mentioned in this podcast:
UK chancellor signals he wants more tax cuts before election
Why US strikes in Middle East are rekindling fears over oil and inflation
Could an AI ‘death calculator’ actually be a good thing?
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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