Trump shrugs off AI regulation

UK businesses react to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour conference, US and French bonds are in hot water, and could an American ban on diesel exports backfire? Plus, US President Donald Trump has dismissed calls for stricter AI regulation, in a show of dominance over tech executives who he summoned to the White House.

Mentioned in this podcast:

UK bosses left in dark by Burnham and Healey’s emphasis on ‘cost of business’

Donald Trump held crunch talks on diesel export

US 30-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2002

Vanguard warns France is ‘long-term degrading credit’ as yields rise

Donald Trump says US tech bosses agreed to ‘self-regulation’ of AI risks

Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus

OpenAI axes next model citing safety issues

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