In early December, the Financial Times and Schroders selected the 2024 winner of the Best Business Book of the Year. That book is called Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the race that will change the world, and it’s written by tech journalist Parmy Olson. In this special episode of Behind the Money, the FT’s senior business writer Andrew Hill interviews Parmy Olson about her book and the importance of oversight as artificial intelligence becomes more intertwined with our work and society.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: Winner Parmy Olson on AI: ‘It’s not uncontrollable’ FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2024 — the shortlist Business Book of the Year Award 2024: winners pick their favourites Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft need loads of electricity to power their artificial intelligence goals, and they are looking into all options, including nuclear power, to achieve them. That’s why Microsoft has partnered with a utility company to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history. The FT's US energy editor Jamie Smyth explains what challenges lie ahead with a 2028 deadline looming.    Clips from CBS News, ABC News, WNEP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: Restart of Three Mile Island tests US appetite for nuclear revival Resurgent US electricity demand sparks power grid warnings  Big Tech’s dash for nuclear power - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Follow Jamie Smyth and Michela Tindera on X (@JamieSmythF) (@mtindera07), on Bluesky (@jamiesmythft.bsky.social), (@mtindera.bsky.social) or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.