US and UK team up to study AI
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 2 April 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Three senior members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed on Monday in an air strike, research institutes in the US and UK will work together to mitigate the risks of AI, and Robinhood gets into the credit card business.
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Iran accuses Israel of killing general in strike on Damascus consulate
US and UK sign landmark agreement on testing safety of AI
Beyond memes: Robinhood seeks to broaden its appeal
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | At Aquinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, April 2nd, and this is your |
| 0:18.3 | F.T. News briefing. Tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated and the US and UK are |
| 0:26.0 | teaming up on AI safety research. Plus Robin Hood doesn't want to be known |
| 0:31.6 | just for meme stocks anymore so it's launching a credit card. |
| 0:36.0 | True to form being Robin Hood, they've come out with a solid gold credit card version, |
| 0:41.0 | actual solid gold. I'm Sonia Hudson and here's the news you need to start your day. Three senior members of Iran's revolutionary guards were killed yesterday in an |
| 1:06.3 | airstrike that targeted the country's embassy in Syria. Iran has said Israel |
| 1:11.6 | is responsible for the attack. |
| 1:14.0 | The strike marks a significant escalation in hostilities in the region. |
| 1:18.0 | Since October, Iran's proxies have coordinated attacks on U.S. military forces across the Middle East. |
| 1:25.7 | In January, one strike on an American base on the Syrian border killed three US service |
| 1:31.2 | members. |
| 1:32.2 | Since then, Iran has shown signs of de-escalation, but this latest |
| 1:37.3 | attack could put the country back on the defensive. Israel has not commented on the |
| 1:42.8 | airstrike. |
| 1:43.8 | The U.S. and the U.S. and the UK signed a major agreement on artificial intelligence yesterday. |
| 1:55.7 | It's focused on how to assess risks from future AI models. |
| 2:00.1 | The deal comes as governments around the world are trying to figure out just how to regulate |
| 2:05.1 | this rapidly evolving technology. I'm joined now by the FT's artificial intelligence editor |
| 2:11.2 | Madamita Mergia. Hi Madia. Hi Madu. Hi, |
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