Just like the Groningen gas boom in the 1970s, the AI boom may impoverish the rest of the economy whilst enriching just a few sectors and a handful of investors. In the United States, investment in technology is surging, whilst investment in other sectors is stagnating. And traditional remedies no longer seem adequate

AI deserves to make the headlines not only when it frightens us but also when it inspires us. The most interesting case study to focus on is the launch of one of the most significant IPOs in the history of the US stock market: that of Anthropic, one of the world’s leading technology companies 

Ahead of a highly anticipated derby, the manager of one of the teams, ‘the Poirot of football’, asks an artificial intelligence programme to draw up a sort of match plan. The story of a true event

There may well be more authors writing by hand, but fewer writing with their feet, and they will do so the old-fashioned way – albeit more labour-intensive – because they will be writing for fun. Ideas

Conditioned reflexes: not ours regarding AI, but those of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate speaking about AI. “Data matters,” he says, provided it is interpreted correctly – that is, in his own way.