The Economist

The biggest worry in Silicon Valley is that the AI boom turns out to be a bubble, but another risk looms.

Are investors overestimating the risk from AI?

THE ECONOMIST: The acronyms thrown around at world’s premier adult entertainment conference include AI, but also BDSM.

Is America’s President building his own paramilitary militia?

THE ECONOMIST: The global dash for cash is driving the gold rush.

THE ECONOMIST: AI could indeed wreak havoc in the white-collar workforce. But rather than make such jobs less lucrative — let alone redundant — it is likelier to reshape them. 

THE ECONOMIST: The militia is still a force in Lebanese politics, but its ability to menace abroad has been severely weakened

THE ECONOMIST: The Apple-Android duopoly is under attack from OpenAI, Meta and Amazon.

Despite a tactical retreat, great risks remain.

THE ECONOMIST: Netflix and Paramount have been chasing Warner Bros like a pair of Wile E. Coyotes in pursuit of the Road Runner.

THE ECONOMIST: Why has Trump, who once branded TikTok a threat to “the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States”, agreed to this deal?

THE ECONOMIST: Looking like a trillion bucks? Plain bottles with clinical labels are part of the secret

THE ECONOMIST: Having watched foreign multinationals operating on their turf, Chinese firms are making their own products and exporting the brands globally.

THE ECONOMIST: Mining mergers are back in style, but consolidation will not ease the shortage.

THE ECONOMIST: As the AI bonanza outpaces the power grid, tech giants are building their own energy plants and disguising their debt.