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Jan 2025
12m 47s

SoftBank wants a piece of the AI pie

Financial Times
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Apple revealed quarterly results that slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations, SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, and the European Central Bank cut interest rates as it warned about headwinds to the bloc’s economy. Plus, there are concerns that China’s hukou system creates second-class citizens and holds back consumption in urban areas. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

Apple results top estimates even as iPhone sales stall

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI 

ECB warns of ‘headwinds’ to Eurozone economy as it cuts rate to 2.75%

How a Mao-era system creates second-class citizens in modern China 


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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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