AI that can control your computer
FT News Briefing24 Loka 2024

AI that can control your computer

Boeing’s machinists voted on Wednesday to reject the company’s latest offer and the US has finalised long-awaited ‘open banking’ rules, hoping it will inject more competition into the market. Plus, Deutsche Bank reported a record third-quarter profit and artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic has built a virtual agent that can perform tasks on a computer.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Striking Boeing machinists reject offer as stand-off nears 6 weeks

US rolls out ‘open banking’ rules to make sharing financial data easier

Open banking challenges America’s cozy lenders’ club

Deutsche Bank warns of rising bad loan provisions

Anthropic says latest AI model can control users’ computers


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