Weekly Newsletter
Each week, the stories and analysis our editors picked, on one page.
Commentary
The Bank of England has released its latest report on artificial intelligence in financial services. The numbers are impressive. The reality is less so. Banks are embracing AI at extraordinary speed, but are they transforming banking or just making yesterday’s…
Commentary
We have been through election processes that have reminded us of the question: ‘Is world history being rewritten?’ Whilst the victory of the students’ list in the Serbian elections may not have been discussed all that much here, the end…
Climate
Climate Action Network (CAN) has challenged governments heading to COP31 to turn their climate promises into measures that create decent jobs, protect communities from worsening disasters and expand access to affordable, reliable and safe energy. In its demands ahead of…
Business
A lot of philanthropic money has arrived in the technology field over the past two years. During this time, 10 foundations have committed half a billion dollars through Humanity AI to put human needs at the centre of artificial intelligence…
Commentary
It has been an eventful week. The US mid-term elections have had an impact on both the markets and the future of the global economy. Whilst Wall Street saw a sharp sell-off led by artificial intelligence shares, oil prices fell…
Commentary
The fact that the British economist John Maynard Keynes defined interest—in relation to the use of money as a means of payment—as merely a monetary phenomenon also highlights the role of money within the discipline of economics and across the…
