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John Thornhill

Innovation Editor

John Thornhill is the Innovation Editor at the Financial Times writing a weekly column on the impact of technology. He is also the founder and editorial director of Sifted, the FT-backed site for European startups, and founder of FT Forums, which hosts monthly meetings for senior executives.

John was previously deputy editor and news editor of the FT in London. He has also been Europe editor, Paris bureau chief, Asia editor, Moscow correspondent and Lex columnist.

Email John Thornhill @johnthornhillft  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    ‘Superintelligence’ will take time to generate super returns

    Artificial general intelligence may be transformational but it carries risks and demands investors’ patience

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    HTSISeven wellness journeys to help you find your feelgood
    Neko’s full-body scan costs £300 and has a 45K waiting list. Is it worth it?

    The FT’s Innovation Editor tries the affordable MOT

    Neko’s £299 scan includes a skin scan, blood tests, body and circulation examinations and a doctor’s consultation
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    European companies
    Can France become a global AI powerhouse?

    Momentum has been slowing but the country boasts enviable technical skills and a burgeoning entrepreneurial culture

    The ‘Play-Doh’ sculpture at the Station F start-up incubator in Paris
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    AI is the frenemy of freedom

    An optimistic view of the technology sees the possibility of it offering humans ‘superagency’ rather than as a threat

    The philosopher Isaiah Berlin
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    The future of AI agents: highly lucrative but surprisingly boring

    Big companies are trumpeting the value of consumer-facing personal digital helpers to make our lives easier

    A scene from Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ based on the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s poem ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    HTSI
    The world’s best food markets

    FT writers and editors choose their favourite places to stock up on great local produce

    Central Market in Valencia
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Technology sector
    Silicon Valley billionaires remain in thrall to the cult of the geek

    IQ hierarchies are a dangerous myth

    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates circa 1983
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    European companies
    Europe Inc needs to scale up or risk becoming a museum

    Helsinki shows how reinvigoration can work but co-ordinated help for entrepreneurs across the continent is needed

    Grand Canal and historical buildings in Venice
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024
    Best books of 2024: Environment, Science and Technology

    Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their must-read titles

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    US & Canadian companies
    Genetic data is worth more than warm spit

    The woes of 23andMe highlight consumer concern over privacy issues

    A 23andMe Ancestry and Traits Service DNA kit
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Why it is too soon to call the hype on AI’s productivity promise

    History shows it can take decades for new technologies to deliver their full economic potential

    Pixelated graphic featuring a white mouse cursor and an hourglass icon against a blue background
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Technology sector
    Cyber security companies are thriving — even when they fail

    This may be the ultimate industry for providing very lucrative but ineffective solutions

    A QR code on a restaurant table
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Technology sector
    Corporate wizards out-magic the muggles

    Sectors like semiconductors and AI can reshape — or, in some cases, conjure up entirely new — markets

    Illustration of Amazon, Nvidia and Xiaomi logos popping out of the sparkles around a magician’s wand
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    News in-depthNews in-depth3 min
    Dynamic pricing: economic efficiency, or subtle price gouging? | FT Tech

    Controversies such as rocketing ticket prices for Oasis and concerns over price gouging mean dynamic pricing is coming under increased scrutiny

    Dynamic pricing: courting controversy
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Will AI ‘compress’ the 21st century?

    Several of the top AI leaders are now tamping down the fear factor and turning up the volume on hope and hype

    Dario Amodei speaks onstage at a conference
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast20 min listen
    In the age of AI, what counts as art?

    Our innovation editor John Thornhill on seeing the new film ‘Eno’, which presents the musician’s life in a new sequence each time the movie is shown

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Technology
    The conflicted investment case for defence tech

    There’s a bull market for the fast-changing sector but investing and innovating in weapons carries risks

    A Ukrainian drone operator watches as artillery strikes Russian positions.
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Inside the ‘killer cell’ factory

    The next stage in the war on cancer may be enlisting patients’ own blood cells to fight the disease

    Two men dressed in business suits standing side by side under a tree
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Can machines be more ‘truthful’ than humans?

    A new film based on the life of Brian Eno raises some profound questions about the disruptive effects of AI

    Montage of images of Brian Eno with different expressions
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    Time is running out for TikTok in the US

    The social media platform is threatened with a ban but remains wildly popular among users, including Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the Capitol Building in Washington
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Tech start-ups
    The surprising truth about failure in business

    Not everyone learns from things going wrong but progress depends upon it

    Sam Bankman-Fried
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    AI: too much information?

    Yuval Noah Harari and Parmy Olson on how the race for superintelligence may amplify the worst of human nature

    Two pictures of a white automaton with a humanoid face being held up
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    European companies
    Why Europe needs its own Nasdaq

    The EU has to tackle the drain of valuable tech companies to US capital markets

    Rene Haas, CEO of Arm Ltd, rings the opening bell during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York.
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Tech Tonic podcast35 min listen
    The Telegram case: Pavel Durov

    The FT’s John Thornhill and Hannah Murphy on the man behind the controversial messaging app.

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Telegram
    Pavel Durov and the limits of free speech

    Telegram has failed to distinguish between the demands of autocratic regimes and legitimate democratic requests

    Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram, speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 in San Francisco, California. He is sitting in a chair, wearing a dark jacket, and has a microphone headset.
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