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The AI industry is hoovering up capital and transforming financial markets in the process. Mammoth listings from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI could add as much as $4trn to the value of America’s listed firms by the end of the year. Existing AI stocks have…

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The market bested us. But for The Economist, there is no shame in that

The architects of the post-war order are tearing it down. Edward Carr asks what will rise from the rubble

In the Ukraine war, anti-AI tactics are producing bizarre forms of camouflage

How to turn a tiny advantage into sporting glory

Constrained by physics and politics, chipmakers are building upwards

Iran’s ultranationalist new leaders may welcome his bluster

A supply-chain crisis for Xbox couldn’t have come at a worse time

For the world’s largest companies, the normal rules of corporate governance no longer apply

Allies breath a sigh of relief; Ukraine may even cheer

When the war in Ukraine ends, Moscow will need to be part of the new security architecture, argues Andrey Melnichenko

A leading oligarch speaks out, warning of the looming disaster facing his country

An interview with Andrey Melnichenko on the future of Russia

Joke candidates reveal the carnival element of British democracy