Financial Times launches a visual guide series on AI in industry

In short: The Financial Times has launched a new series of visual explainers about how artificial intelligence is being used across the real economy.

What happened

The Financial Times has published a new guide series called “Artificial Intelligence in the Real Economy: A Visual Guide.” It is presented as a set of visual explainers, which means it is designed to show ideas with charts, images, and simple step by step explanations.

The series focuses on how AI is changing specific industries. One listed topic is robotaxis, which are cars that can drive themselves in some situations (like a taxi with a computer as the driver).

The guide page also previews an upcoming explainer scheduled for June 24. That piece will look at how insurance companies are using AI to improve climate risk models, which are tools that help estimate the chances of events like floods or storms and what those events could cost.

The page notes the series is supported by Infosys.

Why it matters

AI can feel abstract, but it is increasingly showing up in services people use, like transport and insurance. A clear visual guide can help readers understand what is changing, where the benefits might be, and what questions to ask. For example, better climate risk estimates could affect insurance prices and coverage in some areas, and wider robotaxi testing could change how cities think about safety and rules.

Source: Financial Times