• US weighs using Iranian assets to compensate Gulf allies for war damage — Financial Times - 17:52
• A big week for two Big Tech businesses — Financial Times - 17:15
• 5 Takeaways From Scott Pelley’s Times Magazine Interview — The New York Times Business - 17:04
• Can These ChatGPT Ads Make You Love A.I.? — The New York Times Business - 16:28
• Bring Your Own Power, Ireland Tells Tech Titans Hungry for Data Centers — Wall Street Journal - 16:14
• Trump piles pressure on Warsh with call for rate cut — Financial Times - 16:03
• Intesa prepares Monte dei Paschi bid to gatecrash BPM’s €50bn bank merger — Financial Times - 15:52
• OPEC, Allies Pledge Oil-Output Hike Even as Middle East War Chokes Exports — Wall Street Journal - 15:37
• Airlines face $100bn hit on jet fuel from Iran energy shock — Financial Times - 15:25
• Israel attacks Beirut days after Trump’s showdown with Netanyahu — Financial Times - 15:02

Artificial intelligence is seeing a major ChatGPT overhaul and discussion about its impact on jobs, alongside the rise of electric dirt bikes and digital AI twins for productivity.

• The New Rebel Motorcycle Isn’t a Harley. It’s an Electric Dirt Bike. — Wall Street Journal -
• The coming rise of anti-AI populism — Financial Times -
• Walmart tells workers that AI will improve their jobs, not steal them — Financial Times -

• We are optimising ourselves to death — Financial Times -
• OpenAI plots biggest ChatGPT overhaul since launch — Financial Times -
• Sorry, I’m Not Available. Talk to the A.I. Version of Me. — The New York Times Business -

The financial landscape features a **€50bn Italian bank merger bid, scrutiny over Fifa's World Cup finances, and reports of a cattle empire Ponzi scheme, while a telecom acquisition in France and university endowment risk-taking** are also highlighted.

• Fifa’s $13bn World Cup cash machine sparks scrutiny of its finances — Financial Times -
• Intesa prepares Monte dei Paschi bid to gatecrash BPM’s €50bn bank merger — Financial Times -
• Are we at the start of a new investment super-cycle? — Financial Times -

• What the ‘Dean of Valuation’ Thinks Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Really Worth — Wall Street Journal -
• How People Working in Debt Collection Handle Abuse From Callers — The New York Times Business -
• Bank boss contests FCA fine for not revealing Venezuela and US penalties — Financial Times -
• How David Grutman Became the King of the Vibes Business — Wall Street Journal -
• Telecom Companies to Buy Patrick Drahi’s SFR for $23.5 Billion — Wall Street Journal -
• US universities boost market risk as financial pressures mount — Financial Times -
• Daughter of Mrs. Fields Starts Fields Good, a Healthy Cookie Brand — The New York Times Business -
• Christine Hunsicker, CaaStle CEO, Confessed to Fraud. The Board Let Her Stay in Charge. — The New York Times Business -
• Longest-serving CEO in Fortune 250: ‘You have to know your limits’ — Financial Times -
• Tokio Marine boss to use Berkshire deal for global growth drive — Financial Times -
• The Cattle Empire That Turned Out to Be a Giant Ponzi Scheme — Wall Street Journal -

Key issues in UK politics include debate over the next Labour prime minister, budget cuts to fund defense spending, rising university fees for overseas students, and concerns about Britain's reliance on Palantir.

• The strange case of who chooses the next Labour prime minister — Financial Times -
• Ministers told to cut budgets to fund boost to UK defence spending — Financial Times -
• Britain’s questionable reliance on Palantir — Financial Times -

• Could Farage’s call for ‘rage’ cost Reform the Makerfield by-election? — Financial Times -
• The £450,000 degree: how English university fees for overseas students are surging — Financial Times -

Ukraine war diplomacy efforts involving Abramovich, a Russian drone hitting a nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl, and a NATO cyber attack simulation underscore the volatile international landscape, alongside Italian defence deals in the Gulf and Trump's standing with evangelicals.

• Zelenskyy used Abramovich to send message to Putin about peace talks — Financial Times -
• Russian drone hits nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl — Financial Times -
• Italian defence and engineering groups enjoy Gulf deal boost — Financial Times -

• Nato narrowly beats Russia-style enemy in cyber attack simulation — Financial Times -
• Will America’s evangelicals stick with Trump? — Financial Times -