Europe says it wants to become the “AI continent” and is now planning AI gigafactories and sovereign compute by 2026. But while Brussels drafts tenders, frontier labs in California and Shenzhen move at weekly…
While Beijing executes a three-stage national plan that defines artificial intelligence as civilisational infrastructure, Washington and London are still improvising…
Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in New York unfolded against a background of quiet algorithmic persuasion. While voters turned to chatbots for guidance, unseen biases shaped what they heard. This essay asks whether human contact…
East India Company Charter, 1601 — corporate empire licensed by the state. The New Empire Artificial intelligence is sold as liberation. Journalist Karen Hao…
BEIJING — China is advancing a distinctly state-led strategy for artificial intelligence, prioritizing infrastructure, regulation and targeted applications over the…
By Jaffa Levy This article is the sequel to Strange Loops in AI — Part 1, published on Telegraph Online on August 24, 2025. Imagine standing between two mirrors in a barber’s…