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2024-01-18
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speak to The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about what the future of AI will really look like.
00:00 Sam Altman and Satya Nadella talk to The Economist
00:25 What’s next for ChatGPT?
1:33 How dangerous is AGI?
2:32 AI regulation
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Read more of our AI coverage: https://econ.st/3O9fK2v
Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/3O7qXk5
Read our write up of the interview: https://econ.st/3HpwbUL
2024-01-11
Guam, an island in the northern Pacific, is just 48km long and has a population of about 170,000. So why is it so important to America’s strategy to defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion?
00:00 – Where is Guam?
00:13 – Why is it so important?
01:00 – What makes it vulnerable?
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Guam, where America’s next war may begin: https://econ.st/47lP9WN
America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states: https://econ.st/47of0xd
How the Pentagon thinks about America’s strategy in the Pacific: https://econ.st/3tG49RG
Read more of our US coverage: https://econ.st/4aRvOj4
Read more of our China coverage: https://econ.st/3S9G6nC
2024-01-02
As 2024 begins President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to The Economist’s Editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about his political and military goals for the coming year and why he won’t compromise with Vladimir Putin.
00:00 – 2024 military goals
01:35 – Why he won’t negotiate
A New Year’s interview with Volodymyr Zelensky: https://econ.st/48A4Nim
Read our coverage from the war in Ukraine: https://econ.st/41MgGjc
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Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine with missiles: https://econ.st/41PnIni
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war: https://econ.st/41MgJLU
A majority of congressmen want more military aid for Ukraine: https://econ.st/3tuWKVl
Ukraine’s army is struggling to find good recruits:
2023-11-30
As global warming makes weather more extreme and deadly, accurate and accessible weather forecasting has never been more needed.
00:00 – Hurricane Otis
00:40 – Extreme weather
01:33 – Democratic Republic of Congo
02:38 – Problems with forecasting
04:25 – Innovative solutions
05:41 – Arrival of AI
07:30 – Smallholder farmers
09:30 – Early warning systems
Read about the high-tech race to improve weather forecasting: https://econ.st/4a1pqpo
Listen to how new technology will make weather forecasting fit for the 21st century: https://econ.st/3uLWXDu
Why the world’s poor need to know about weather disasters ahead of time: https://econ.st/3QZkaJV
Will global average temperatures pass a threshold in 2024? https://econ.st/46EP0xn
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2023-11-15
To teach students how to protect themselves from an active shooter most American schools run lockdown drills – but could they do more harm than good?
00:00 – What are lockdown drills?
00:43 – When did lockdowns become widespread?
01:25 – What are the national guidelines?
01:47 – The impact on children
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Read our full investigation: https://econ.st/477yzLd
Inside America’s hoax school shootings epidemic: ?si=b3bVneE00kFdHT62
Why some teachers in America are learning how to fire guns: ?si=Xb9ckrwvhgNOiIDb
One response to school shootings in America: arm the teachers: https://econ.st/3u1KzPm
A report sheds light on the deadliest school shooting in Texas’s history: https://econ.st/3FWoe8Z
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2023-11-14
Gun crime in American schools is increasing–but does training teachers how to shoot make classrooms any safer?
00:00 – Is arming teachers the solution?
00:50 – Meet the teachers learning to shoot
01:55 – Why they want to learn
03:17 – How effective is the training?
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Read our full investigation: https://econ.st/477yzLd
Inside America’s hoax school shootings epidemic: ?si=L8F1fnhkcR7jAHlE
One response to school shootings in America: arm the teachers: https://econ.st/3u1KzPm
A report sheds light on the deadliest school shooting in Texas’s history: https://econ.st/3FWoe8Z
Guns are the things most likely to kill young people in America: https://econ.st/479FrXN
The spate of gun violence shows American exceptionalism
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