Alex Hern

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AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.

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Don’t like this openai.com/index/huggin...

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ROBOTS, MEET VOTERS I wrote this week's cover leader for @TheEconomist on the politics of AI and how to navigate the coming backlash. Alongside our blood-curdling cover illustration, there were a few big ideas I wanted to get across. (🧵) www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

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"Time is short, the hour is late. We’ve seen the cyber threat; there’s much more serious threats coming down the line. Something has to be done: this is the time." I spoke with Demis Hassabis about his proposal for AI regulation. www.economist.com/business/202...

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Fascinating seeing someone claim that the public has rejected AI slop, when if anything “the public” is its most ardent and passionate creator

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funny quirk of AI alignment efforts is that the value of a paywall is going up, imo. If I want to read something that I'm not subscribed to, I have… ways. If I want Claude to read it, I have to give it the correct credentials to log in or it will simply refuse.

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