China's AI Sprint, Climate Data From Up High, Unpacking Israel Boycotts
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
If computing power becomes a major tool for superpowers like China and the U.S., then what does the latest U.S. technology blockade mean for the race to a more powerful AI? Honk Kong-based daily The Initium looks at the nuclear race of our time, with chips as the modern-day equivalent of enriched uranium.
Article by?Yang Lu | Read more >
SATELLITE
As COP28 heats up, a close-up look at the massive European earth observatory program 25 years after its creation, with its disturbing monthly reports of a planet that has gotten hotter than ever.
Article by?Laura Berny | Read more >
BOYCOTT
In Egypt and elsewhere in the region and the world, families and movements are mobilizing against companies that support Israel's war on Gaza. The power of the people lies in their control as consumers — and the list of companies and brands to boycott grows longer.
Article by?Mohammed Hamama | Read more >
A.I.
领英推荐
Putting the latest AI breakthroughs at the service of national security raises major practical and ethical questions for the Pentagon.
Article by?Sarah Scoles | Read more >
COFFEE
A gigantic and multi-faceted new location near Shanghai epitomizes the American giant's ambition to quench China's growing but still-nascent thirst for coffee.
Article by?Frédéric Schaeffer | Read more >
POLAND-UKRAINE
For the past month, Poland has been blocking off its border checkpoints to Ukrainian trucks, leaving many in days-long lines. It's a commercial and economic showdown, but it's about much more.
Article by?Katarzyna Skiba | Read more >
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