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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Autonomous hacking is here. Governments are not ready

“Recursive self-improvement” is both tantalising and worrying

Artificial intelligence is charging ahead. Not even its creators know how to keep up.

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The fates of xAI, SpaceX and Tesla are increasingly intertwined