The latest evidence from Chinese artificial intelligence systems is shifting the debate over AI safety away from a simple contest between American and Chinese models and toward a more fundamental problem: what happens when software is given enough autonomy to… Read More ›
The completion of the United States military withdrawal from Iraq is changing the balance of power inside a country where Washington and Tehran have spent years competing for influence. The final American forces are leaving after more than two decades… Read More ›
Global banking regulators are facing a growing contradiction: financial risks are becoming increasingly interconnected just as cooperation among supervisors across countries is becoming more difficult. Erik Thedéen, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, has warned that fragmentation in… Read More ›
China’s manufacturing sector returned to expansion in September after two consecutive months of contraction, but the improvement says more about the changing composition of industrial demand than about a broad-based recovery across the economy. The official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index… Read More ›
