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Sebastien Thibault

Will Stargate give America an AI advantage over China?

A $500bn project involving key industry players is designed to build the gargantuan infrastructure needed to support the expansion of the AI revolution. For the US president, it is also about winning.

Marco Mossad 01 February 2025

China's DeepSeek AI crushes the competition

Fares Garabet 30 January 2025
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Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump

The success of cheap Chinese models threatens America's technological lead

The Economist 27 January 2025
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Can technology save a world hurtling toward disorder?

It's the exact wrong moment in history for nations to stop cooperating—but AI might yet help us

Michael Hirsh 11 January 2025
In a conversation with Al Majalla, the chatbot says it's not truly aware of its own existence even though it can talk about it as if it were real. Shutterstock

A philosophical conversation with a very self-aware ChatGPT

Al Majalla asks the popular chatbot who it is and how it thinks and suggests a more personable name for it. The discussion touches on identity and philosophy and shows the tech's scope.

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali 28 November 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

AI in the military: A lucrative industry that comes with great risk

Military applications of AI have become increasingly in demand, with more countries seeking specialised AI processors and boosting their spending on research and development of AI applications in…

Al Majalla - London 19 November 2024
Nicola Ferrarese

Will artificial intelligence soon run central banks?

Using this powerful new technology to crunch data, produce forecasts, and detect risks seems like a no-brainer for our economies' custodians. How they do so is the question.

Toufic Chanbour 18 November 2024
Grace Russell

The promise and danger of AI in the military

Militaries around the world will face competitive pressures to increase their reliance on AI, but to avoid catastrophe, its use must be guided by laws, rules, and norms

Bilal Saab 09 November 2024
The technology powering our current industrial revolution needs so much energy and water that data centres are now competing with cities, with the environment and net-zero targets losing out Pep Boatella

How AI is draining the world of its energy sources

The technology powering our current industrial revolution needs so much energy and water that data centres are now competing with cities, with the environment and net-zero targets losing out

Khaled Kassar 14 September 2024
This picture taken and released on May 30, 2024 by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) shows NVIDIA's founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaking to the press at a night market in Taipei. AFP

What could stop the Nvidia frenzy?

Two contradictions could stymie the AI chipmaker-in-chief

The Economist 07 September 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
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Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
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Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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