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Twelve months ago, we published our shortlist of Top Thinkers for 2024—and you, Prospect readers, chose well. You picked Daron Acemoglu as the winner, and in October he received a second accolade: the ...
Prospect has a history of producing in-depth policy analysis on topics ranging from climate change to skills, housing to the ...
It didn’t cry or make much of any sort of fuss all day, which was amazing really, considering. After picking the baby up, I’d dawdled at the fag-end of a flea market behind the brand-new football ...
Alan and Lionel are joined by journalist Karen Hao, who reveals how she was banned from returning to OpenAI after writing a profile of the company In this week's episode of Media Confidential, Alan ...
On 5th March, the Government launched a consultation on Building the North Sea’s Energy Future. It is seeking expert insight into how it can drive the development of the UK’s offshore energy industry ...
I’m sitting at my desk looking at Procter and Frere’s A New History of the Book of Common Prayer, and thinking of our ...
Tech leaders and industry insiders are giddy with excitement about the advances under way in artificial intelligence, whether due to the scaling up of existing models and functionalities, new ...
May was a month to remember. The man who was (for my money) the greatest singer of the 20th century, up there in my personal pantheon with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Janet Baker, was born 28th ...
The violence in Gaza—credibly identified as genocide by scholars and legal experts alike—has now unfolded for over 600 days. This warfare against Palestinians living there is backed by the US ...
The best way to attract attention in the crowded space of technology is to make bold claims. AI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo, director of the AI Futures Project, a research group based in California, ...
On a sparkling spring evening I drive to the crest of a moorland road, and marvel at the barren beauty of the upper Colne Valley, before descending to Marsden, the Pennine town cradled under its ...