What Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Bill Gates could and should say about artificial intelligence

AI looks in the mirror and recognises its own flaws: overconfidence, complacency, lack of experience, seductive speed, illusory neutrality. There’s no need to switch it off: we need to use it intelligently. Because intelligence, on its own, is not enough

Accused of everything from being lazy to being dangerous, the AI demands a fair trial: it does not replace humans, but amplifies their capabilities. The issue is not what it will become, but what we want to become by using it.

Within the PD, a quiet but tangible sentiment is gaining ground: to avoid primaries that turn the search for consensus into a contest over identity. It is better to back those who know how to govern and win, even if their name is not Schlein or Conte. The real heresy, this time, would be clear-headedness

The radical right is on the rise; the continent is taking a tougher line on borders and security, but is not necessarily heading in the direction of the AfD. Subtle lessons in Brussels

The truth that, 31 years on, some people still refuse to accept. At Mladic’s funeral, he is remembered as a ‘hero’, but the history of the war in the Balkans and of Srebrenica tells a very different story