Robot nation: China’s bid to beat its demographic decline
The country’s workforce is set to fall to 300mn by the end of the century. Beijing wants humanoids to narrow the labour gap
Letter: BoE’s over-cautious regime may choke stablecoin innovation
From Janine Hirt, CEO of Innovate Finance, London EC2, UK
Letter: UK should step on the gas in the North Sea
From Christopher Smallwood, London SW20, UK
Letter: How Europe can talk trade in multiple tongues
From Philippe Huberdeau, Secretary General of Scale-Up Europe, Paris, France
Letter: Shared ownership is the key to future AI security
From Florian Douetteau, Co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, London EC2, UK
A decade has passed since the UK left the EU
‘We should start to feel the benefits soon’
US banks would lose $700bn in economic crash, Fed stress tests find
Several Wall Street lenders boost investor payouts after receiving pass grades
Artificial Intelligence in the Real Economy: A Visual Guide
A new series of visual explainers looking at how AI is transforming different industries
Trump demands ‘loyalty’ from Nato allies and slams lack of support in Iran war
US president singles out alliance members, including the UK, after meeting secretary-general Mark Rutte
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits
Country still needs to play catch-up if it is to become self-reliant in the use of the technology
Higher tax and lower earnings erode financial return for UK graduates
Institute for Fiscal Studies says lifetime gains from degree will be third lower than it estimated in 2020
Bain Capital to buy majority stake in VW’s marine engine unit in €7.4bn deal
Private equity firm sees off bids from rivals as German carmaker looks to cut costs and debt
FT Crossword: Number 18,409
White House seeks $88bn from Congress as Trump clashes with Republicans
Request comes hours after lunch between the US president and GOP lawmakers descends into shouting match
Micron posts 15-fold profit surge as AI companies clamour for chips
Shares rally in after-hours trading as chipmaker forecasts sustained demand for computer memory
FirstFT: Anthropic says Alibaba ‘illicitly’ accessed Claude
Also in today’s newsletter, China detains two Japanese nationals on smuggling charges, and Venezuela to reveal $240bn debt pile
IOC to pay Olympians for the first time in its history
Governing body sets up $140mn fund covering Summer and Winter Games to disburse grants to every participant
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining ‘illicit’ access to Claude
AI company says the Chinese ecommerce giant used fake accounts to ‘extract’ chatbot’s capabilities
Qualcomm reveals Meta as first Big Tech customer for data centre chips
Announcement of deal along with higher revenue outlook boost shares as much as 15%
How does Strategy save itself? We asked its financial adviser: a chatbot
Stretching credibility
Bitcoin hits 20-month low as market sentiment sours
Price of world’s most actively traded digital asset falls below $60,000 amid shift by retail investors to AI-related stock bets
Disney draws viewer support in deepening fight against Trump administration
Media group calls on audience to join its defence against attacks by chair of Federal Communications Commission
Wimbledon tennis stars plan protest despite 20% rise in prize money
Campaign that kicked off at Roland-Garros has won support of top players including Jannik Sinner
Predictions market Kalshi in talks to raise funds at $40bn valuation
Rapidly growing company is increasingly challenging established derivatives and betting rivals