Clara Murray

Executives warn that a prolonged energy shock would increase pressure to pass on costs to customers

Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value

Biggest groups have gained $5.4tn in value since conflict began — but semiconductor sector accounts for most of the gains

Increase comes as world’s largest accounting firms rush to adapt to technological disruption

Stockholm smoulders over France’s ‘absurd’ penalties of up to five years in prison for cigarette alternatives

Some bond investors believe the group’s debt is unsustainable, but others think its scale and edge will see it through

Caterpillar and Hochtief among the once-staid industrial stocks lifted by the AI boom

The AI boom is lifting the fortunes of hundreds of formerly drab industrial, utility and mining companies as investors turn to the “picks

FT analysis shows company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI this year

10 pts Anthropic has warned about the dangers of advanced AI far more often than rival OpenAI this year, according to FT analysis, as critics accuse the company of helping to trigger a US ban on foreign access to its newest models. Five in every 1,000 words used by Anthropic in 2026 related to risk, regulation, or…