2024-01-29
23 分钟The Economist It's Monday, January 29th, 2024.
This is Editor's Picks,
where we'll bring you three highlights from The Economist read aloud,
exclusively for subscribers.
I'm Jason Palmer.
You'll normally find me hosting The Intelligence, our daily news show.
This week, The Economist has two cover stories around the world.
Our editions in the Americas,
Britain and Europe ask whether the influx of migrants at America's southern border could cost Joe Biden the presidential election.
We argue that to keep Donald Trump out of power,
President Biden's Democrats need to make Republicans an offer on immigration policy.
Our cover in the rest of the world considers how artificial intelligence could transform life in developing countries.
Our deputy editor recently went to Kenya and Brazil,
where he was shown chatbots that help children in cash-starved schools learn more,
and tools to help sick people who live far from doctors get better health care.
We explore the technology's potential in developing countries where people can shape AI to suit their own needs.
It could boost productivity, and most exciting of all,
it could help income levels catch up with those in the rich world.
Finally, for our culture section,
my colleague reports from Mumbai on the modern relevance of a 3,000-year-old religious sculpture.