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AI promises to change the world for the better—and the backlash against it is dangerous. Here are four ways to deal with it https://t.co/GTGrGTOMQ6

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When Alexis de Tocqueville visited the South, he was confronted by slavery. He predicted it would tear America apart. In episode five of “Tocqueville Road Trip”, John Prideaux, our US editor, explores a modern faultline splitting the nation. Listen now https://t.co/c2dVk6WKU0

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Germans gaze with dread at this weekend’s forecast of 40ºC (104ºF) https://t.co/f4XxcNJsAR

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Government should spread the benefits of AI as widely as possible, regulate hard when interventions are needed and use AI to make the state better https://t.co/Z15ACtfqym

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With “Toy Story” Pixar has turned the world of junky plastic into gold. The newest instalment in the franchise deals amusingly with urgent themes, such as how technology has hijacked childhood https://t.co/Pp253SRPyl

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Europe’s deliberation once looked wise, or at least defensible. Now it looks foolish. Register for free to find out why Brussels needs to pick up the pace https://t.co/C9OzdqkbJR

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The Trump administration is right to invest in the technology, argue two experts. But without limiting principles its efforts “risk being scattershot, excessive or driven by politics and personal interest” https://t.co/qCSARMysQt

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♦️ The Supreme Court bolsters Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

♦️ A multi-agency earthquake task force is sent to Venezuela.

♦️ Florida’s governor says Alligator Alcatraz is closed.

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Peter Magyar promised to restore democracy and to unlock billions of euros in funds from the EU, which had been frozen under Viktor Orban’s rule. He is moving quickly on both fronts https://t.co/LryjW1BSGs

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Volatile government funding has bound the fates of many German cities to local business. And when industry sneezes, cities fall ill https://t.co/bhFKmN8QAY

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Should AI model-makers become more involved in how their inventions are used? If so, OpenAI and Anthropic may end up looking less like software firms and more like consultancies: https://t.co/jUptwCfvPn

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As the electoral day of reckoning in Israel draws near, two questions loom: does Gadi Eisenkot represent a true alternative to Binyamin Netanyahu; and can he win? https://t.co/eD5pisG1a3

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Giorgia Meloni faces an impossible task: preserving relations with America while distancing herself from Donald Trump to appeal to Italians https://t.co/AwIhwOLxnS

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“The question is not whether the Fed can remove politics from policy,” says Peter Conti-Brown, a professor at the Wharton School. “It is what kind of politics the Fed should practise” https://t.co/IJAZdK3gRC

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In our bonus edition, Richard Cockett, a senior editor, explains why now is a timely moment to revisit the events that brought Fidel Castro to power https://t.co/1Uass43YaB

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The conflict with Iran has cracked open an opportunity for California’s pistachio farmers. The question now is how long the boom will endure https://t.co/VTS0xXgpzl

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The quest for the optimal amount of shut-eye https://t.co/57cATruXCl

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By the end of the visit many guests will find themselves desperate for sunshine. After being immersed in a kaleidoscopic digital forest, they will crave the silence and stillness of a real one https://t.co/AtmBSflzQ1

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The Gulf will have to cope with elevated levels of risk for the foreseeable future. Register for free to read why that leaves its officials with three challenges https://t.co/RdhwIaywgk

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After four years of sanctions-busting growth, some economists are calling time on Russia’s war economy. Yet the data present a mixed picture https://t.co/VA6ULBj4Pc

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Ed Miliband’s tenure at the helm of the Labour Party was an electoral failure but, in the long term, a political success. Skim through his manifesto of 2015 and it was a premonition of Britain today https://t.co/TVhmRWlCaN