THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Could AIs become conscious?’…

Could AIs become conscious?

Even if they don’t, they might be treated as such—to humanity’s great cost

Israel is flirting with the next intifada

America must press Binyamin Netanyahu to rein in violent settlers

Britain would be bonkers to ditch Palantir

Whatever the company’s flaws, its critics have taken a worryingly illiberal turn

Jason Arday was treated as a symbol, not a man

Both his supporters and detractors dehumanised the tragic fabulist

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘INSIDE AFGHANISTAN’ – A report on five years of Taliban rule.

The Taliban are vile. Democracies must still engage with them

Five years after America’s exit, the Afghan regime is not going anywhere

America really might restore democracy to Venezuela

Thank Marco Rubio, but beware the caprice of his boss

A bill to punish Putin gives too much power to Donald Trump

Walloping the global trading system is no way to help Ukraine

China has wrested control of oil markets from OPEC

When market power comes from buying power, oil importers can do better

In praise of designer-ish babies

Couples should be allowed to select embryos on the basis of both disease resistance and IQ

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Lessons from Chinese AI’

Why AI is a risk to Communist China

It is not as well placed to take advantage of the technology as many people think

How AI is breaking the British state

Equipped with models and agents, citizens could bring government to a halt

Gulf states should make a deal with Iran on Hormuz

How to make Iranian blackmail less painful

Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

To see why, look to the bond markets

Republicans and Democrats uniting against animal testing are wrong

Experimenting on animals remains essential for human well-being

How to end Sudan’s brutal, forgotten conflict

There is a sliver of a chance of a ceasefire. It must be grabbed

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The global currency beef’ – Lessons from 40 years of the Big Mac Index

What the Big Mac index reveals about a global currency beef

It highlights economic problems—and helps explain how to solve them

It is past time to upgrade to post-quantum encryption

When the quantum breakthrough comes, data being harvested today will be exposed

China is testing America’s defence lines in Asia

The allies must work to strengthen themselves, but also to strengthen America’s commitment

Europe’s fires are just the start

They are not a new normal. But worse can nonetheless be expected