France’s Crisis Deepens, Explosive AI Stock Rally, Cybercrime’s High Cost

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Emmanuel Macron gave his outgoing prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, 48 hours to negotiate with France’s political parties in a last-ditch effort to prevent the country from falling deeper into crisis. (2) President Donald Trump said he would negotiate with Democrats over health care subsidies, a move that could open the door to resolving the government shutdown that has stretched into a second week. (3) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. landed a blockbuster deal with OpenAI to build artificial intelligence infrastructure, giving the chipmaker a chance to show it can mount a challenge to Nvidia Corp. in the AI computing industry. (4) Citadel’s Ken Griffin said investors are starting to view gold as a safer asset than the dollar, a development that’s “really concerning” to the billionaire investor. (5) Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Britain must boost investment if it wants to reap the rewards from any economic boom triggered by artificial intelligence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.