Also in today’s newsletter: Israel agrees to ceasefire in Lebanon, and Netflix founder to step down from board

US state department’s ‘trade over aid’ initiative draws criticism from non-profit sector

Alphaville’s Robin Wigglesworth and Toby Nangle replied to reader questions

Discussions come despite federal lawsuits over whether the start-up is a national security risk

Kanishka Narayan says Britain needs to ‘make most of opportunities’ as government launches £500mn unit

As the capabilities of frontier models advance, gaining access to the technology could become critically important

Many executives will be following Meta’s plans for an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg with interest

Telecoms boss has juggled personal challenges with the competing priorities of two sides in a high-stakes merger

Researcher warns political climate is ‘sinister’ and ‘anti-empathy’

Consistency matters more than average accuracy in safety-critical domains

Evidence on white-collar work displacement is beginning to match the theory

Gateway roles to white-collar work appear particularly exposed to disruption

Also in today’s newsletter: Israel agrees to ceasefire in Lebanon, and Netflix founder to step down from board

Ten topical questions to test your news nous

Also in today’s newsletter: Gulf states’ wartime borrowing and what went wrong at Goldman Sachs’ FICC division?

Grand bargain that has underpinned US Treasury demand since 1974 is coming undone

The country’s economic model has stoked inflation and weighed on growth

Most research from the US challenges the idea that a statutory pay floor doesn’t lower employment