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What is the “AI race” anyway?
Analysis

What is the “AI race” anyway?

The competition to master this technology shapes everything from high-level tensions between the US and China to the local politics of where to build data centers.

Could Chinese AI give Europe an edge?
The Debrief

Could Chinese AI give Europe an edge?

Could China give Europe a shortcut in the AI race?

Europe has struggled to build models that compete with American and Chinese rivals. But Chinese models that companies can download, customize, and run themselves could offer another way forward—with more control over data and security.

Oil hits six-month high
Hard Numbers

Oil hits six-month high

Is social media bad for democracy?
Graphic Truth

Is social media bad for democracy?

New polling from Pew Research Center across 37 countries shows that the share of the public who believe social media is a “bad thing” for democracy has increased significantly since 2022.

AI is becoming a superweapon
GZERO Live

AI is becoming a superweapon

AI is advancing with both feet on the accelerator. At last week’s GZERO Summit in London, Ian Bremmer spotlighted the risks posed by frontier AI models and the imperative for independent, globally minded AI governance.

MF Communications Officer Jose Luis De Haro, Director of the Research Department at the IMF Silvana Tenreyro, Deputy Director of the Research Department at the IMF Petya Koeva-Brooks and Division Chief at the Research Department of the IMF Deniz Igan attend a press briefing during the IMF/World Bank 2026 Annual Meetings at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC)
Analysis

The IMF has survived Trump’s hostility toward global institutions. But at what price?

The people tasked with safeguarding the world’s financial stability are gathering in Bangkok, Thailand, this week to tackle global issues. But another issue is also worth watching: the IMF’s relationship with the United States.

Why the 2026 UN Water Conference is focused on action, not talk
GZERO Reports

Why the 2026 UN Water Conference is focused on action, not talk

With billions of people around the world still lacking access to safely managed drinking water, can technology, and artificial intelligence in particular, help close the gap?

The high-stakes US-China race
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The high-stakes US-China race

The US and China are battling to define the future of the global order. Can the two superpowers find a way to coexist? Elizabeth Economy of the Hoover Institution joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

People walk past near a campaign billboard featuring Milorad Dodik, Aco Stanisic, Savo Minic, Zeljka Cvijanovic and Damjan Skipina, candidates of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2026 general election, in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What We're Watching

Bosnians take to the polls, Nigeria’s fake government agency, China cracks down on AI companions

Bosnians will head to the polls this weekend for elections in one of the world’s most complicated political systems.

Small countries, super domains
Hard Numbers

Small countries, super domains

It’s not the first time that a smaller nation has taken advantage of its internet domain.

A plane, carrying passengers who were on the FlyDubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, on the tarmac as it arrives at the Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel.
What We're Watching

Israel-bound flight hijacking sparks terrorism concerns, AI leaders sign “morally binding” regulation agreement, Burkina Faso wants to keep its gold

Motives for the clash and alleged hijacking attempt aren’t yet know, but a flight from Dubai to Israel plunged nearly 20,000 feet on Wednesday during a blood-spattered fight in the cockpit.