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Mr OpenAI goes to Washington

Mr OpenAI goes to Washington

ChatGPT maker beefs up lobbying unit as politicians push for new laws that could constrain AI

FT News Briefing · Forhecz Topher

June 18, 202411m 22s

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Show Notes

French business leaders are warming up to France’s far-right and Dubai is trying to optimise a cluster of unique, abandoned islands. Plus, the FT’s Cristina Criddle explains why OpenAI is expanding its global affairs unit. 


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French businesses court Marine Le Pen after taking fright at left’s policies

OpenAI expands lobbying team to influence regulation

Bill Gross seeks to set record by selling stamp collection for up to $20mn


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Our intern is Prakriti Panwar. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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