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2026-04-24

The bond between Britain and America is fraying—Donald Trump’s rhetoric is making the long-touted ‘special relationship’ harder to sustain.

On the latest Insider show, our editors discuss why Britons’ opinion of America has been sliding since the Iraq war in 2003, and why the drop since January is the steepest yet.

2026-04-18

A powerful new AI model, called Mythos, has sparked alarm within the Trump administration. The lab behind it, Anthropic, says the software is so good at uncovering and exploiting cyber security vulnerabiltiies it’s decided not to release it to the public. The Trump administration now must wrestle with a profound question: how to govern a transformative technology without killing it? Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of our expert journalists weigh up the dangers of unchecked AI power with the risks of heavy-handed regulation—and ask who should ultimately be in control.

#ai #artificialintelligence #trump #politics #usa

00:00 – What is the Mythos moment? And why has it caused alarm?
02:00 – Anthropic’s response to the risk
04:17 – How

2026-03-06

Donald Trump’s administration has banned federal agencies from using AI lab Anthropic’s tools after the company insisted that Claude, its main model, not be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. Now the company has been declared a supply-chain risk.

In a conversation with The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explains why his company pushed back against parts of a Pentagon contract. He argues the issue isn’t just about democratic values, but also whether the technology is reliable enough for the battlefield and who should ultimately control it.

#AI #Anthropic #Trump #War

Chapters
00:00 – Why Anthropic pushed back on the Pentagon
03:45 – Who should control powerful AI?
05:45 – The risks of fully autonomous weapons

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2026-02-28

America and Israel have launched another war on Iran. It’s bigger and more serious than last year’s attacks: the aim is regime change.

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2026-01-16

The exiled son of Iran’s former shah says citizens are getting “butchered” by the regime and explains how he would plan to lead the country during a transition period.

In an interview with The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Reza Pahlavi said his role would be to act as a neutral arbiter, oversee free elections and then transfer power to an elected parliament.

Watch our latest Insider show on Iran here: econ.st/49YL67h

What the collapse of Iran would mean: econ.st/49EBmh5
America’s options in Iran: econ.st/49TaDib
Bereft of legitimacy, the reeling regime in Iran massacres its own people: econ.st/4sFufxX

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2026-01-09

At least 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war and the international media has been barred from independently entering the strip altogether. In an interview with The Economist, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the Israel Defence Forces don’t target journalists and that their access is restricted because “it’s a warzone”.

2025-11-20

Can Gaza be rebuilt? Gregg Carlstrom, our Middle East Correspondent and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss the scale of the destruction in Gaza and why every major plan to rebuild Gaza has stalled.

00:00 – What rebuilding proposals are on the table?
00:59 – How bad is the destruction in Gaza?
02:25 – Could that Egyptian plan work?
06:01 – Can the Israeli–American plan work?
08:16 – What happens in the interim?

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2025-11-17

For most of history parents have wanted sons, but in recent years mums and dads in the rich world have shown an emerging preference for girls. We explain why this is.

Politicians have begun taking an interest. Click the link [in our bio] to find out how they are trying to “uplift” boys

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