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Working through it: the AI jobs boom dawns

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The labour data are in from America and a trend is becoming clearer: on balance AI is starting to create more jobs than it hoovers up. Despite advancements of just about every other kind, China cannot seem to escape its food-safety problems. We ask why not. And why Kenya’s ants have become the target of smugglers.


Guests and host:

  • Alex Domash, economics correspondent
  • Gabriel Crossley, China correspondent
  • Carla Subirana, news editor
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • AI, labour statistics, labour market
  • China, regulation, food safety
  • ants, smuggling, Kenya


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