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This article was independently developed by The Economy editorial team and draws on original analysis published by East Asia Forum. The content has been substantially rewritten, expanded, and reframed for broader context and relevance. All views expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the official position of East Asia Forum or its contributors.

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This article was independently developed by The Economy editorial team and draws on original analysis published by East Asia Forum. The content has been substantially rewritten, expanded, and reframed for broader context and relevance. All views expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the official position of East Asia Forum or its contributors.

In March 2025, an independent audit of 11 leading chatbots found that when confronted with news-related prompts, these systems either repeated false claims or dodged the question in more than 41% of cases; in barely three-fifths of responses did they deliver a competent debunk. Performance has plateaued across months despite expanded web access and retrieval tricks, suggesting a ceiling on short‑term progress.

This article was independently developed by The Economy editorial team and draws on original analysis published by East Asia Forum. The content has been substantially rewritten, expanded, and reframed for broader context and relevance. All views expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the official position of East Asia Forum or its contributors.

In April 2025, 73% of AI experts surveyed by the Pew Research Center stated that artificial intelligence would have a positive impact on how people perform their jobs over the next two decades; only 23% of the US public agreed. The growing gulf is not just about jobs or productivity; it also encompasses broader societal issues. It is about what these systems are.

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The most revealing number in first‑quarter 2025 was not a blockbuster yield or a spectacular default. It was 3.1 basis points—the average bid‑ask spread recorded across forty‑one sovereign and supranational bonds issued as fully tokenised instruments on permissioned ledgers. Their matched conventional twins traded at 6.6 basis points, more than double the friction. That 3.5-basis-point delta may look microscopic, yet every basis point saved on a standard USD 100 million ten-year bond removes roughly USD 100,000 in intermediation costs.

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This article was independently developed by The Economy editorial team and draws on original analysis published by East Asia Forum. The content has been substantially rewritten, expanded, and reframed for broader context and relevance. All views expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the official position of East Asia Forum or its contributors.

سوق رفاق الذكاء الاصطناعي ينمو بشكل هائل أكثر من 160 خدمة توفر "حبيبًا ذكياً" مخاطر محتملة مثل التعلق الزائف والعزلة العاطفية مع التطور المتسارع لتقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي التوليدي، يشهد سوق تطبيقات المواعدة القائمة على الذكاء الاصطناعي نموًا انفجاريًا. باتت شخصية "سامنثا" من فيلم Her — التي كانت تربطها علاقة عاطفية بشخص — حقيقة واقعة. لكن العديد من الخبراء يحذرون من أن التفاعل العاطفي مع الذكاء الاصطناعي قد يؤثر سلباً على الصحة النفسية للبشر على المدى الطويل.

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In just eighteen months, US public school data dashboards recorded an estimated 73 million automated “risk scores”—digital red flags that can trigger everything from remedial placement to mandated mental-health referrals. The figure is not conjecture. RAND’s fall 2024 survey found that 48% of districts had trained teachers on AI tools – a jump of twenty-five points in a single year. This increase in AI usage, however, should not overshadow the crucial role of human judgment in education.

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دونالد ترامب يعلن فرض رسوم جمركية مرتفعة بنسبة 145% على المنتجات والقطع الإلكترونية الصينية آبل، التي تعتمد على الصين بنسبة تتجاوز 80%، تواجه أضراراً محتومة منها رفع الأسعار تسعى آبل إلى نقل الإنتاج إلى الهند وفيتنام كمراكز جديدة للتصنيع في ظل إ

هواوي، احتمال وجود صعوبات في الإنتاج الكمي للجيل القادم من معالجات التطبيقات بتقنية 5 نانومتر نقص في المعدات الأساسية مثل EUV، ونسبة نجاح تقارب 30% لتقنية 5 نانومتر التصنيع من خلال تحسين تقنية 7 نانومتر الحالية من SMIC مع اقتراب هواوي من إطلاق ه

This article is based on ideas originally published by VoxEU – Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and has been independently rewritten and extended by The Economy editorial team. While inspired by the original analysis, the content presented here reflects a broader interpretation and additional commentary. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of VoxEU or CEPR.