Migration roots: the broken asylum system
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The Economist
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🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Immigration is a political lightning rod in part because the ageing global asylum pact is no longer fit for purpose. We examine how best to update it. As paycheques for top-notch AI researchers go stratospheric, demand for rank-and-file coders is quickly cooling. And what a gimmicky free show in London reveals about the city and the nature of modern fame.
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| 1:34.3 | The rise of generative AI is creating another kind of digital divide. On one side, the coders who can make the AI models and rake in crazy money. |
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