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2026-04-12

Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind’s CEO, warns there’s a “non-zero chance” things go badly wrong with AI. On the latest episode of Inside Tech, he explains why he sees AI as a tool, not a deity—and why the race to AGI demands caution, not just speed.

2026-04-10

Hours after Trump announced a two-week pause in fighting with Iran, Israel escalated its strikes on Lebanon.

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2026-02-23

Will AI replace white-collar jobs? Alex Domash, The Economist’s Economics correspondent, and Rosie, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss why AI is more likely to reshape white-collar work than replace it and what history teaches us about technological revolutions and the future of work.

00:00 – What is AI going to do for our jobs?
00:27 – Why are you optimistic about AI?
01:44 – What has been the impact of technological change in the past?
04:07 – Is it still possible that AI will be different this time?

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2026-01-05

Donald Trump has captured the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and put him in American custody. The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes asks a panel of our experts which countries could be next on the president’s list.

00:00 – Which country is most at risk?
01:10 – What pushed Donald Trump to capture Nicolás Maduro
01:50 – The threat to Greenland
03:48 – How worried are people about annexation?

Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4jwMEZE

The United States has captured Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro: https://econ.st/4969Qu2

How the Pentagon snatched Nicolás Maduro: https://econ.st/4qvMFyY

Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere: https://econ.st/45Dimyi

The many risks to Donald Trump’s plans to “run” Venezuela:

2025-12-31

How do journalists at The Economist guard against groupthink? Our editors explain the importance of reporting in the field, in a special Insider episode where they answer your questions.

2025-12-24

Is China prolonging the war in Ukraine? China is Russia’s biggest trading partner and the top buyer of Russian oil, sparking criticism that Beijing is enabling Moscow’s war machine. The Economist’s Geopolitics editor, David Rennie, speaks to Da Wei, a professor at Tsinghua University, to gauge how the Chinese government would respond to such allegations.

2025-11-15

What will the next year hold for the global economy? In the week we publish our new edition of The World Ahead, our future-gazing guide to the coming year, our top editors consider what an AI stockmarket correction could mean for the global economy and the US consumer.

00:00 – How markets could topple the economy
00:46 – Exposure of the US consumer to the stockmarket
02:06 – How AI compares to previous technological bubbles
03:09 – How the Trump administration could react
05:06 – Impact on the rest of the world
06:39 – Is AI really taking people’s jobs?

Watch the full show: https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/the-world-ahead-how-2026-will-shape-the-next-decade

What to expect from 2026: https://www.economist.com/topics/the-world-ahead-2026

An optimistic guide to the coming

2025-11-05

Trillions of dollars are being poured into artificial intelligence. Our deputy editor, Tom Standage and our AI writer, Alex Hern, ask whether investors’ big bet might make sense.

Click the link to watch this week’s show and find out what could happen if the AI stockmarket blows up.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/09/07/what-if-the-ai-stockmarket-blows-up