Should AI receive a writer’s credit?
LLMs continue the tradition of art’s preoccupation with authorship and authenticity
Technology gets under the beauty industry’s skin
Upcoming IPO will test investor interest in the latest ‘elixir’ of youth
Car lender’s collapse hints at what’s under the hood in private credit
So-called asset-based lending is the linchpin of a revolution sweeping Wall Street
FBI releases images of ‘person of interest’ in Charlie Kirk shooting
Agents recover a rifle as hunt continues for killer of conservative activist
US inflation rises to 2.9% in August
Figure highlights challenges facing Federal Reserve
Mexico to slap 50% tariff on Chinese cars under US pressure
World’s biggest buyer of Chinese autos seeks to preserve US free trade deal
Six films to watch this week
‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ relives the comically earnest tone of the original; ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ is a big-screen nostalgia fest; Stephen King adaptation ‘The Long Walk’ depicts endurance tests in a broken America; ‘The Man in My Basement’ offers chills and thrills with Willem
US lifts some Belarus sanctions in return for prisoners release
Easing restrictions on Belavia airline is first step towards ‘full normalisation’ despite Minsk aiding Moscow in its war against Ukraine
The funding crisis reshaping UK universities
Also in this week’s newsletter, the two-tier system for treating ADHD
Scientists pioneer ‘animal internet’ with dog phones and touch screens for parrots
Glasgow university researcher aims to ‘fundamentally reshape how animals implement control over their environment’
The Man in My Basement — Willem Dafoe leads eerie exploration of what lies beneath
Corey Hawkins plays a debt-laden drifter who takes in a mysterious tenant in Nadia Latif’s strikingly original film
The unparalleled perfection of the penny loafer
How a Norwegian fishing shoe became the footwear of the year
From Ground Zero — dispatches of death, grief and endurance give voice to Gaza
An urgent collection of 22 shorts documents the experiences of Palestinians living under fire
Cow | Deer aims to recreate how animals experience the world
Innovative piece at London’s Royal Court Upstairs uses sound alone to evoke a day in the lives of a cow and a deer
Shakespeare and Sydney Sweeney are among the standouts at Toronto International Film Festival
Chloé Zhao’s tragic ‘Hamnet’ and David Michôd’s punchy ‘Christy’ lead a daunting roster of more than 200 movies
The Long Walk — lethal games in an economically wrecked US
Stephen King’s novel about an endurance test aimed at making America ‘number one again’ becomes a quietly radical film
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — English aristocratic nostalgia-fest wisely concludes in 1930
Divorce is as bad as it gets in writer Julian Fellowes’ burnished big-screen continuation of the TV phenomenon
UN to hold emergency meeting on Russian drone incursion, says Poland
Warsaw indicates Security Council will hold special session as it seeks international response to violation of airspace
FT quiz: the week in news
Ten topical questions to test your news nous
ECB holds interest rates steady at 2%
Central bank says domestic economy ‘showing resilience’ despite US tariffs
Charlie Kirk and America’s inability to escape political violence
The killings of an activist, politician and CEO in the past year show the resurgence of violent means across the spectrum
UK study visa applications drop as immigration changes hit universities
Fees from international students are vital in offsetting long-term funding squeeze
In plain sight: why Mandelson’s role as envoy to US was a big risk for Starmer
‘Withdrawal’ of Labour peer from US is more evidence of prime minister’s failure to pick right people, say critics
How Progress Ends — what drives and stalls innovation
A compelling study of the role of the state and free markets throughout history is a timely warning on industrial policy today