Anthropic boss warns AI could ‘outrun our ability’ to control it September 13, 2026 Anthropic boss Dario Amodei has called for the AI industry to slow the development of its most powerful models, warning that progress is moving “drastically faster” than safety work can keep up. In an essay published on Saturday, Amodei said frontier AI companies should deliberately pace advances in model capabilities, open their systems to independent [...]
Lotus, Porsche and Corvette: the best sports cars to buy in 2026 September 11, 2026 Back in the 1960s, British sports cars ruled the world. From the Lotus Seven to the Jaguar E-Type – not forgetting the venerable MGB – they were almost as big as the Beatles. Today, we seem to be falling out of love with sports cars. Registrations are down across Europe, with some models witnessing a [...]
Xapien Secures $56 Million to Scale Dynamic Due Diligence Globally September 11, 2026 Business relationships now move faster than the processes built to protect them. Xapien's dynamic approach breaks a decades old compromise between speed and assurance. Growing 350%+ in Annual Recurring Revenue over the last 24 months, Xapien is helping clients eliminate unmonitored third-party risk.
Why middle eastern capital is becoming part of London’s fintech story September 11, 2026 London has spent years building one of the world’s most sophisticated fintech ecosystems. Its strength comes not only from technology, but from the combination of capital, financial expertise, regulation, legal infrastructure and access to international markets. Increasingly, another element is becoming part of that story: investment and commercial interest from the Middle East. Across the [...]
On this day: ‘I can hear you… and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon’ September 11, 2026 On this day, 25 years ago, the world changed forever. Eliot Wilson takes us through the tragic events that happened on 9/11.
Government admits Burnham’s Whitehall shake-up leaves tech policy in limbo September 11, 2026 Nearly two months after Andy Burnham abolished Britain’s technology department, ministers have admitted parts of the former department still have nowhere to go. A long-awaited breakdown of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) carve-up revealed a “small number of policy areas” are yet to be allocated, while some staff are still waiting to [...]
City lawyer pleads not guilty to insider dealing charges September 11, 2026 A City lawyer has pleaded not guilty to five counts of alleged insider dealing for trading in the assets of maternity fashion brand Seraphine Group. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) revealed in July that it charged Richard Bloomfield, 38, with allegedly using inside information he obtained while advising on the buyout of London-listed maternity brand [...]
UK economy grew unexpectedly after Burnham took over as Prime Minister September 11, 2026 The UK economy had surprise growth in the month Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed GDP expanded 0.4 per cent in July, racing ahead of City economists’ forecast of zero growth. This was led by 0.4 per cent growth in the UK’s mammoth services sector, [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 rallies as economy beats forecasts; oil falls back September 11, 2026 Welcome back to City AM’s FTSE 100 liveblog. The UK’s blue-chip index rallied on Friday after the economy beat forecasts in July, surprising those in the City who had expected to see growth peter out. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the UK economy’s (GDP) grew by 0.4 per cent in July, [...]
OpenAI alum moves into ChatGPT maker’s old office in push to serve UK’s fintechs September 11, 2026 A tech firm founded by OpenAI alumni has set up shop in the ChatGPT maker’s old office as it sets its sights on serving the UK’s top fintechs, City AM can reveal. Dust, an AI platform founded by former OpenAI and Stripe engineers Stanislas Polu and Gabriel Hubert, has taken a lease at the Fora [...]