OpenAI plots biggest ChatGPT overhaul since launch
$850bn start-up to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO
Expensive oil is making electric vehicles look positively cheap
Petrol retails for £1.58 a litre in the UK, up about 20% since the start of the year
We are optimising ourselves to death
A tracker might tell you that you got to bed too late, but it doesn’t tell you that you were busy living your life
Could Farage’s call for ‘rage’ cost Reform the Makerfield by-election?
Latest polling shows Labour’s Andy Burnham pulling away from the rightwing populists, his main challengers
Europe risks ‘mass unemployment’ without reform, warns ABB boss
Morten Wierod calls for urgent deregulation as energy shock from Iran war dents EU competitiveness
Everybody’s Talkin’ — the plaintive cover that outshone the original
Harry Nilsson’s rendition won a Grammy, but the man who wrote it devoted himself to dolphin conservation
Italian defence and engineering groups enjoy Gulf deal boost
Italy has proved it is a ‘reliable partner at the darkest of times’, say analysts
Longest-serving CEO in Fortune 250: ‘You have to know your limits’
Dan Amos and his quacking duck advert have made insurer Aflac a household name in the US
Will America’s evangelicals stick with Trump?
A critical part of the president’s base is questioning whether his politics and rhetoric align with Christian values
Ferrari diehards weigh whether buying its first EV is test of loyalty
Group has banned dealers from bundling Luce sales and access to exclusive models as it seeks new clients
Trump’s outbursts rattle Gulf allies
US president’s threat against longtime mediator heightens concerns about unpredictability of Washington’s policy
The £450,000 degree: how English university fees for overseas students are surging
Top-ranking universities plan a 29% rise in international undergraduate fees
Nine of our best recipes with peas
Fresh and versatile, these seasonal stars should be at the top of the call sheet
Nato narrowly beats Russia-style enemy in cyber attack simulation
Alliance tests government response to online propaganda mirroring Moscow’s wartime tactics
We should be getting better at AI by now
From cancelled novels to legal fines, the scale of blunders only halfway through the year suggests the opposite
US weighs using Iranian assets to compensate Gulf allies for war damage
Proposal comes as relations between Trump administration and regional partners have been strained by conflict
Tokio Marine boss to use Berkshire deal for global growth drive
Masahiro Koike aims to turn Japanese group into top five global insurer within a decade
UK nuclear weapons spending not transparent enough, says watchdog
Public Accounts Committee also criticises lengthy delay to government’s defence investment plan
Sunday Number 148: World Puzzle
Bouygues Telecom consortium agrees to buy Patrick Drahi’s SFR for €20.35bn
Bid from group including Orange and Free-Iliad faces showdown with antitrust regulators in Paris and Brussels
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to surpass pre-Iran war capacity without price cuts
Airline had its planes grounded when fighting began but demand for transit through region has recovered
What we know about the plan to give Americans an equity stake in AI
OpenAI has proposed a sovereign-wealth-style fund to ease public anxiety about the impact of artificial intelligence
The teenagers enlisted as agents of mayhem by Russia and Iran
Minors are being targeted to carry out hostile acts from Ukraine to western Europe and Israel
Irish government under pressure over alumina exports to Russia
Lawmakers call for EU sanctions on Oleg Deripaska-linked plant in Ireland if raw material is used in Russian weapons