For a while now I've been puzzled why Britain doesn't appear higher on international tax league tables. We know that Britain's income tax is predominantly paid by top earners, with the top 10% paying almost 60% of the bill. But is there more to it than that? 1/5

The whole point of building Tavus has been simple: talking to a machine should feel as natural as talking to a friend or coworker. It’s hard to describe all the tiny nuances that make a conversation feel human. The little expressions. Moving around in your chair. Knowing when to speak and when to listen. The dance of it all. Griffin is by far the closest anyone has come to a model that can capture those nuances. The first time I saw it being used, I had no idea I was watching our model rather than just a normal video call. I’m so incredibly proud of this team and what they’ve built.

A selection of EU headlines from today's FT... 🤔 🇪🇺 "Eurozone inflation hits three-year high" 🇫🇷 "French schools burn as student unrest spreads" 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 "Italy and Greece ask Brussels for leeway on EU fiscal rules" 🇪🇸 "Sanchez loses vote on bid to end housing crisis" #betteroffout

Excl: Labour’s energy policy is “batshit crazy” and the department overseeing net zero is “basically the ministry for P45s”, one of Britain’s most powerful union leaders has said. In an interview with The Times, Gary Smith accused the government of relying on “sticking-plaster politics” while companies struggled with high energy costs and warned that rising energy bills would create a raft of fresh strikes across the public and private sector. On Jackdaw and Rosebank he said: “If they do not do this, it will damage hugely the government’s credibility, and it will massively damage investment because that infrastructure, as I understand it, is ready to go — billions of investment. And if it does not now happen, who in their right mind is going to put money into this country?” thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

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How can investors escape the AI trade? Blue Whale Growth Fund CIO Stephen Yiu discusses the alternatives with @MerrynSW Listen at bit.ly/4hgiBpx or watch Merryn Talks Money at bloomberg.com/videos

Who really wins from the UK government's plan to subsidize demand for new-build houses — buyers or builders? @John_Stepek says the answer is in the stock market bloom.bg/4dafyg2