Today: Economy growing, problems persist | Doubts about the AI apocalypse
The export industry is the secret beneficiary of the Iran war. However, this does not solve Germany's structural problems. And: Why AI researchers roll their eyes at the doomsday debate.
The German economy is expected to grow by 1.1% this year, according to the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI), which has upgraded its forecast from 0.5%. However, Senior Economist Dennis Huchzermeier cautions that the crisis is not over. Meanwhile, the debate over AI development is ongoing, with Anthropic founder Dario Amodei and others like Sam Altman and Elon Musk calling for slower development of language models. OpenAI has postponed its stock market listing due to safety concerns.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.