FT News Briefing

Ousted OpenAI board member on AI safety concerns

Sam Altman returns and OpenAI board members are given the boot; US authorities foil a plot to kill Sikh separatist leader on US soil; plus, the UK’s Autumn Statement increases the tax burden. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/46qKbYq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3sKkB2Q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hunt cuts national insurance but taxes head to postwar high</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3upWd74" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OpenAI says Sam Altman to return as chief executive under new board </a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Persis Love, Josh Gabert-Doyon and Edwin Lane. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Manuela Saragosa 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.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/41dc7803-d5d4-4c33-b6a8-bbea41d38b8a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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