Microsoft bets on AI healthcare
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
European Nato members are holding talks about increasing the alliance’s target for defence spending, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence head Mustafa Suleyman is building a team focused on consumer health, and US inflation ticked up to 2.7 per cent last month. Plus, new regulations on human rights are forcing global companies to address concerns about modern slavery and tackle problems in their supply chains.
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Nato’s European members discuss 3% target for defence spending
Microsoft’s Suleyman hires ex-DeepMind staff for AI health unit
US inflation rose to 2.7% in November
New rules sharpen investment focus on modern slavery
Fifa set to confirm Saudi Arabia as host of 2034 World Cup
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| 0:00.0 | The latest episode of the Next Five podcast is out now and it's all about our energy future. |
| 0:05.4 | I speak with Torgram-Righton, CFO at Equino. |
| 0:08.4 | There's a lot to be done to successfully deliver on ambitions. |
| 0:11.4 | Rebecca Williams, Deputy CEO at Gweck, the Global Wind Energy Council. |
| 0:15.5 | We had the second best year ever when it came to offshore wind. |
| 0:18.3 | And Irina Kostova, research fellow at SEPs, the Centre for European Policy Studies. |
| 0:23.1 | The key pain point will be investment uncertainty. |
| 0:26.6 | You can listen to the full episode of the next five wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.9 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:36.5 | Today is Thursday, December 12th, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:41.3 | NATO countries in Europe could increase their defense spending. |
| 0:46.3 | And Microsoft is working on a healthcare AI chatbot. |
| 0:50.3 | Plus, companies in the US and Europe are facing more scrutiny over human rights abuses |
| 0:56.4 | in their supply chains. I'm Sonia Hudson, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:20.2 | Thank you. European NATO members are talking about raising the target for military spending. |
| 1:26.1 | Right now, each country is supposed to spend 2% of its GDP on defense. |
| 1:29.9 | Most member states are expected to reach that benchmark this year. |
| 1:36.4 | But sources tell the FT that European states are having preliminary discussions about raising that target to 3%. There's really two reasons for this change. One of them is Donald Trump. The U.S. |
| 1:43.5 | President-elect has demanded that Europe |
| 1:45.9 | contribute more to NATO for years. And the other is Russia's war in Ukraine. That has a lot of European |
| 1:53.3 | countries taking stock of their defense capabilities. Microsoft is looking to expand in the consumer health sector through artificial intelligence. |
| 2:10.2 | The tech giants AI chief Mustafa Suleiman is building out a new team, with the goal being to |
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