Guiso (Professor of Economics at the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance): “It would be a problem if a slump were to weigh on households’ spending decisions. But if you invest for the long term – for example, whilst saving for retirement – those fluctuations will be recouped.”

China is offering its data models to train artificial intelligence systems. The White House is seeking a position from the signatories of the Pax Silica

Various developers have started contacting architectural firms to make their AI behemoths look stylish. The aim is to give them a hipster makeover, making them resemble those Silicon Valley campuses with organic vegetable patches on the roof and table tennis tables in the conference rooms, rendering them indistinguishable from any art museum or university library

If a mechanical device handles language like a human, can we still deny it any form of consciousness? 

Public debate is dominated by the American model, but EU directives and Italian regulations are moving in a much more sustainable direction in terms of energy and water consumption

One might call for greater public oversight, more competition, greater corporate accountability and more redistribution. The challenge lies in determining which measures actually work without stifling a technology that can also yield enormous benefits. An appeal from more than two hundred economists and a challenge for Europe

After losing the case concerning the use of copyright-protected books during Claude’s training, Anthropic was ordered to pay one and a half billion dollars. However, there were 482,000 titles involved: this means that the cost per title amounts to the equivalent of 2,738 euros and change

The technologies exist, the expertise is there, and capital can be mobilised. The real challenge lies in creating the conditions for these elements to converge towards a shared project, based on collaboration between institutions, businesses and society, on mutual trust and on the ability to prioritise long-term value over short-term considerations