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Agentic flooding: how AI could drown the British state
Citizens armed with AI are filing objections and appeals at unprecedented scale. Without radical reform, agentic flooding could overwhelm Britain's bureaucracy.
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Why AI Poses a Greater Risk to Communist China Than It Seems
China's AI models are converging with America's, but rapid diffusion through lorries, studios and factories will test whether its autocratic system can handle mass job disruption.
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Governments Bet on AI to Fix Finances as Bond Yields Surge
Thirty-year yields in America, France, Japan and Britain are near highs last seen during the 2007-09 crisis. Governments hope AI-driven growth will fix deficits — but bond markets…
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America’s startup boom could revive the self-employment dream
America is experiencing a small-business boom, fueled by AI and online platforms. The surge in self-employment could offer meaningful alternative work for those displaced by automation.
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Post-Quantum Encryption: Why the Upgrade Can’t Wait for Q-Day
A powerful quantum computer could break today's encryption in minutes. Data harvested now is already at risk, a fix exists in post-quantum cryptography, but migration remains dangerously incomplete.
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China Is Probing America’s Pacific Defences. Allies Must Hold the Line
A Chinese live-fire drill inside Japan's EEZ is the latest sign of mounting pressure. With America unreliable, Asian allies must bolster their own defences, deepen ties among themselves…
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AI writes better now. Humans must edit better still
Large language models now mimic human prose more closely than ever, our test of 14 bots shows. But baggy, sycophantic drafts make skilled human editing more valuable, not…
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Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal is a dangerous gift to proliferation
Trump's July 22nd nuclear co-operation deal would let Saudi Arabia keep enrichment options open — breaking the UAE's 2009 gold standard and risking the wider non-proliferation regime.
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Prediction markets need clearer rules to attract big investors
Volumes at Kalshi and Polymarket have surged, but flawed settlement mechanisms threaten institutional trust. Clearer rules and binding precedents are needed for the next stage of growth.
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Europe’s wildfires are a warning, not a new normal
A six-day blaze near Bordeaux burned three times France's annual average as 300,000 fled fires in France and Spain. Europe is warming faster than any continent — and…