2025-01-28
24 分钟THE Economist.
Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
I'm Rosie Blore.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Some communities in Canada are so remote, they aren't connected to the power grid, to roads or anything much.
Often these groups are also feeling the brunt of climate change.
But as our correspondent found, efforts to install green energy there are still hitting obstacles.
And everyone knows you should get plenty of cardiovascular exercise.
Getting the heart revving just has so many positive effects now and later.
But you know what else does?
Strength training.
Good things come to those who lift weights.
But first, until now, a small number of American companies has dominated the field of artificial intelligence.
Firms like chipmaker Nvidia and cloud computing's Oracle have attracted vast investment to become some of the highest valued companies in the world.
But suddenly that dominance looks less certain.
Stock futures are down sharply this morning amid fears of an AI stock bubble burst.
Over the weekend, a chatbot released by an obscure Chinese AI startup called Deepseek became the most downloaded app on iPhones.
Deepsea claims that developing its new model cost a fraction of what American competitors have spent.
And yesterday, in response, American tech stocks plummeted.