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Trump’s Pet-eating Conspiracy Theory

The journalist who found the origin of Donald Trump’s false claim that migrants are eating pets in Ohio, life as a reporter in China, and the tech bro rivalries at the heart of the AI arms race.

Donald Trump’s false claim that migrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio will go down in history as one of the most memorable political soundbites. Jack Brewster, enterprise editor at NewsGuard, has traced its origin. AJ Bauer, assistant professor at the University of Alabama, explains how it became a meme.

David Rennie has been The Economist’s correspondent in Beijing for the last 6 years. As his posting comes to an end, he reflects on political and cultural change in China, and what it’s been like reporting from a country with ever-increasing media restrictions.

Parmy Olson, technology columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, has just written a book about the AI arms race and the battle between Google’s Deep Mind and Open AI. At the heart of it, she says in Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, is the personal rivalry between two men.

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Presenter Katie Razzall
Producer Simon Richardson
Assistant Producer Lucy Wai

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