The Economist

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And I'm Rosie Bloor.

And I'm Jason Palmer.

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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.

Deepseek claims that developing its new model

cost a fraction of what American competitors have spent.

And yesterday in response, American tech stocks plummeted.

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