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Wake Up To Money

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Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

As OpenAI launches a new web service, Will Bain looks at how it's set to rival Google. We also look at why English and Welsh football is appealing so much to Hollywood stars and American investors. And we hear from the owner of a cafe offering discounts to those who put their phones in lockers before grabbing a bite.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron.
0:10.5	Evil genius.
0:11.6	He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it.
0:15.5	That's like hiding at your own funeral.
0:17.1	Yeah, a bit great gig.
0:18.6	I'm Russell Kane.
0:19.6	Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius.
0:24.1	Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius.
0:26.4	It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?
0:29.4	It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.
0:34.9	Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds.
0:38.3	Wake up to money from BBC 5 Live.
0:42.0	Hello morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money. Chat GPT's maker. OpenAI is set to launch a web browser
0:47.7	to try and compete with the likes of Microsoft and Google. We'll tell you much more about
0:51.9	Atlas and its plans shortly on the program.
0:54.6	Also today, why do so many Americans seem to want a slice of our football clubs?
0:59.6	I believe that the meteor opportunities with English football have not even been scratched.
1:06.8	More on that to come. And would you be willing to put your phone in a locker when you go to the cafe?
1:12.4	What about if they gave you a discount if you did? We'll be talking to one business in Lancashire that's doing exactly that. Wake up to Money with Will Bade. Yeah, morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Thursday, the 23rd of October. but just gone five o'clock in the morning.
1:27.0	We're with you this morning.
1:27.7	Great.
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