Economy

Distorted intelligence leads to security breaches

Technology Daron Acemoglu - September 29, 2026.

Following repeated security debacles at OpenAI and Anthropic—both of which have developed agents that ended up hacking external systems—AI safety researchers within both firms have...

What the Stasi archives reveal about the value of technological espionage

Economy TA Analysis - September 28, 2026.

On 27 September, Reuters reported on a new paper by three economists who attempted to answer a question that countries can usually only estimate: how...

Why is the IMF returning to Latin America?

Economy Martín Abeles - September 28, 2026.

For much of the 2000s, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) seemed to have finally distanced itself from the International Monetary Fund. The debt crises of...

Central banks are squeezing the private economy while shielding sovereign debt

Finances Daniel Lacalle - September 28, 2026.

Higher financing costs can weaken households and businesses without causing a financial crash. The danger is that policymakers mistake protected markets for a healthy economy. Central...

Fit for the future? What legacy companies should take from Disney

Technology Elise Quevedo - September 27, 2026.

Disney has been around for more than 100 years, has built one of the world's most valuable entertainment portfolios, and created some of the most...

Has China kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal power plants?

Energy TA | AP Insight - September 26, 2026.

Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to stop funding overseas coal power plants in an effort to help curb...

Three months from breach to warning: Australia looks to OpenAI for answers

Technology Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - September 24, 2026.

On 24 September, the Australian Government announced that it had launched an urgent investigation after an OpenAI agent hacked the government’s Medicare statistics portal. Prime Minister...

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