Banks warm up to nuclear power
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
OpenAI’s chief technology officer is leaving the company, major banks pledge to increase their support for nuclear energy, and hopes of an M&A comeback rise as global companies pursue blockbuster takeovers. Plus, a surge in female labour force participation emerges as a bright spot for Saudi Arabia.
Mentioned in this podcast:
OpenAI’s chief technology officer Mira Murati to leave
Big corporate predators bolster global M&A market
The Saudi factories powered by women
World’s biggest banks pledge support for nuclear power
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | At Aquinore. |
| 0:11.0 | The UK. |
| 0:12.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, September 26th, and this is your |
| 0:18.7 | F.T. News briefing. Leaders at Open AI seem to be dropping like flies. |
| 0:25.0 | And major banks just gave nuclear power their stamp of approval. |
| 0:29.0 | Plus, Saudi Arabia is reaping the rewards of a once untapped resource, female workers. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm Sonia Hudson and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:45.0 | Another top executive has left open AI. |
| 0:51.0 | Chief technology officer Mir Mira Marathi, |
| 0:53.7 | announced yesterday that she was leaving. |
| 0:56.0 | Marathi worked at Open AI for six and a half years. |
| 0:59.6 | She also briefly served as CEO during the failed coup |
| 1:03.2 | against founder Sam Altman. |
| 1:05.6 | The company behind ChatGPT has seen a string of high profile |
| 1:10.0 | departures this year, including two of its founders. So Marotti leaving is yet |
| 1:15.8 | another blow for one of Silicon Valley's most valuable startups. Her |
| 1:20.3 | successor has not yet been announced. |
| 1:23.0 | Banks gave nuclear energy the thumbs up this week. |
| 1:32.0 | On Monday, some of the world's biggest |
| 1:34.3 | lenders met up in New York to pledge their support for the sector. This turned heads |
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