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Yuval Noah Harari on the economic and political perils of AI
Humanity must not entrust its lot to clever machines, the bestselling historian warns
02
Who’s to blame for rising food prices?
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, how your weekly shop got so expensive
03
Economic data, commodities and markets
04
Mary de Rachewiltz devoted her life to defending Ezra Pound
The poet and translator of “The Cantos” died on July 24th, aged 101
05
Two vital figures of the American revolution forgotten by history
Charles Lennox and James Wilson, a pair of Britons, played important roles in the struggle for independence
06
Punctuation matters more than you think
A new book offers a dashing history of writers’ marks
07
Money, sex and bigotry: what one painting reveals about France
“The Renoir Girls” uses a bright canvas to sketch a sombre history
08
Japan’s music cafés are striking a chord abroad
New venues are inspired by a century-old tradition
09
Canada’s oil industry is booming. Can it last?
Looser regulations will help with pipelines—but may not boost production
10
Can Reddit survive in the AI era?
It wants more cash for its data—and more of people’s time
11
How to measure returns on AI
From tokenmaxxing to something more normal
12
The promise and the pitfalls of China’s new Arctic shipping route
The Northern Sea Route is a pricey and risky alternative to the Suez Canal
13
Kazakhstan prepares to vote in a cosmetic election
Despite promises of renewal, it is still an authoritarian state
14
The South American hipster language cooler than Spanish
Why Guaraní has become trendy in Paraguay
15
A military junta is consolidating power in Iran
That is bad news for Iranians and a possible peace deal with America
16
State capture is holding back South Africa
Unhappy voters need to see that political choices can make a difference
17
The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding
The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier
18
Somaliland wants to help secure the Red Sea
The president hopes this will bring international recognition for the would-be state
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Why conservatives can’t stop talking about women’s basketball
The WNBA has become a culture-war battleground
20
How Sweden became a country of big-state libertarians
A Rorschach test with a side of meatballs
21
Why France has fallen for la danse country
Outside the snobbish capital, American line-dancing is huge
22
An ex-minister calls on Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections
Most Ukrainians oppose holding them, but democratic pressure is mounting
23
The Great British Bunk Off
How the British summer holidays offer the worst of all worlds
24
Reform UK tries to get serious
But Robert Jenrick’s mission to professionalise the populists is incomplete
25
Two toots for England’s planning overhaul
A bold supply-side reform from this Labour government? Yes, really
26
Why everybody hates Palantir
Beyond America, the company risks becoming a victim of its own hype
27
Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards
We don’t care for others because they’re conscious. We believe they’re conscious because we care about them, argues Blaise Agüera y Arcas
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Employment tribunals v AI
Also this week, AI and Hollywood, scientific papers, oil pipelines, restaurants, postcards, Richard Wagner
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Fewer contrails would be good for the climate
It could take care of at least a little global warming
30
Britain would be bonkers to ditch Palantir
Whatever the company’s flaws, its critics have taken a worryingly illiberal turn

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