The Economist.

Hello.

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host

Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping

your world.

Deep Deep within a gold mine on a northern Japanese island, historical tensions are being inflamed.

Japan would like the mine's traditional methods listed by UNESCO.

South Korea would like the contributions of its wartime slave labor acknowledged.

And there's a weird thing going on in America that mixes marketing, pouches of

nicotine and the political right. One brand called Zinn seems to be cleaning

house in part because it's got some serious Zin influencers

doing their advertising for them.

But first. We spend a lot of time on this show talking about artificial intelligence and we're not alone

Artificial intelligence is reshaping American life and that includes changing the investment landscape

private equity and venture capital firms are investing in the growing mega trend of artificial

intelligence.

Envibio has become the world's most valuable company.

The chipmaker's share price climbed to an all-time high.

The thing is, the world is in the grip of an AI boom.

Companies across all industries, including us here at the Economist, are trying to figure out how to put the tech to use.

That means investors and tech companies are just piling money into AI.

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