The flight to the world of stuff

Since at least the summer of last year, a large part of the financial commentariat has been waiting for the bubble in US AI stocks to burst. Instead, something stranger is unfolding. In recent weeks,

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For a few months in 2001, the business world couldn’t stop talking about inventor Dean Kamen’s secret project, codenamed “Ginger”. Kamen had received the National Medal of Technology from US president

ONE ICY MORNING IN FEBRUARY, nearly 200 people gathered in a church in downtown Richmond, Va. Most had awakened before dawn and driven in from across the state. There were Republicans and Democrats fr

Office workers were the winners of the age of the internet and globalisation. But over the next few years, millions will lose their jobs to AI, says Ryan Zickgraf. In the US, the process is already under way, and the ramifications are enormous

How China’s AI breakthroughs are challenging U.S. technological dominance