Press Digest: Financial Times - February 16

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16/02/2026 01:21

Feb 16 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- UK to tighten online safety laws to include AI chatbots

- Uber enters 7 new European markets in food delivery push

- Baillie Gifford backs CoStar in activist battle

- OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger

Overview

- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will seek broader powers to regulate internet access, which he said on Sunday was needed to protect children from fast-changing digital risks.

- Uber UBER.N is expanding its delivery business into seven new European countries this year, as tech groups step up their battle over the multibillion-euro food delivery market.

- UK fund manager Baillie Gifford, one of CoStar's CSGP.O largest shareholders has thrown its support behind the real estate data company's strategy as it stares down a fierce proxy battle with activist hedge funds including Daniel Loeb's Third Point.

- OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger, the founder of popular open source agent OpenClaw, as the $500 billion start-up seeks to expand the ability of its artificial intelligence systems to conduct work autonomously.

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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