Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
China
Six months after DeepSeek’s breakthrough, China speeds on with AI
Real-world applications have priority over cutting-edge development
International
Could AI tilt the outcome of elections?
New research shows it is being used for good and ill
Science & technology
China has top-flight AI models. But it is struggling to run them
Trump’s U-turn on chip-export controls could be a boon
International
How spy agencies are experimenting with the newest AI models
America has better technology. But will China adopt it more quickly?
Business
How big tech plans to feed AI’s voracious appetite for power
As data centres get more energy-hungry, the hyperscalers get more creative
Editor’s Picks
Upset and upheaval: AI promises to revolutionise the global economy
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
09:15
Leaders
The economics of superintelligence
If Silicon Valley’s predictions are even close to being accurate, expect unprecedented upheaval
Briefing
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?
Markets for goods, services and financial assets, as well as labour, would be upended
Briefing
AI labs’ all-or-nothing race leaves no time to fuss about safety
They have ideas about how to restrain wayward models, but worry that doing so will disadvantage them
Science & technology
Fragmentary Latin inscriptions can be completed with AI
A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world