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If artificial general intelligence is achieved, it will be able to outperform humans on most intellectual tasks. The Economist asks Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, how worried the world should be about AGI. Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/3RUSgzm |
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2024-02-01
What if text prompts enabled anyone to make a blockbuster movie, or even an entire box-set’s worth of TV? That is the promise of AI. This technology could one day prove as transformative to the movie business as sound, colour, or even the camera itself. Generative AI can already make videos in seconds which would normally take a visual-effects artist days to create. However it has yet to master photo-realistic video. The people at the forefront of this tech say it is only a matter of time.
00:29 How does AI-generated video work?
02:43 How long until feature films are generated by AI?
03:57 Can AI-generated videos be photorealistic?
04:36 How revolutionary is AI in film?
05:05 A dystopian threat to jobs or democratisation of the industry?
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2023-12-08
In the days before the October 7th attack short selling of Israeli stocks spiked in New York, making someone a lot of money. How likely is it that a Hamas insider was behind it?
00:00 – Pre-war stock market changes
00:33 – What happened to the stocks?
01:03 – Who was behind it?
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Read our coverage on Israel and Hamas: https://econ.st/46Ka8Cy
Did Hamas make millions trading the October 7th attacks?: https://econ.st/4822Zyd
Inside Hamas’s sprawling financial empire: https://econ.st/483x94b
2023-11-09
Accusations of election manipulation and the mishandling of classified documents are just a few of the criminal charges former President Donald Trump faces across four criminal trials as the race for the White House gets underway. But is he really in jeopardy or will he succeed in turning his legal woes to his political advantage?
00:00 – How much jeopardy is Trump really in?
00:31 – The cases
03:05 – The risks
04:02 – Trump’s campaign
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Donald Trump’s second term would be a protectionist nightmare: https://econ.st/45RSnR7
Part of Donald Trump’s base thinks he is fighting a spiritual war: https://econ.st/45URg31
A Trump Party in the Reagan Library: https://econ.st/3tWB2cv
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