This week, Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers agrees with Fed Chair Powell’s reluctance to lock in a December rate cut. And, with new congressional momentum and a victory in midterm elections, Argentina’s President Javier Milei gets the electorate’s buy-in to continue economic reforms that have had mixed results. Plus, Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” warns that the race to build smarter machines is outpacing efforts to control them, and that humanity must act before it’s too late. Later, will President Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee actually solve the issues of misuse and poor pay, or will it starve the US of global talent?

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This week, Arizona State University President Michael Crow explains how AI is reshaping the way students learn, teachers teach and universities prepare for the future. Leaders at Waabi, Penske, and the Port of Los Angeles explain how artificial intelligence could make supply chains faster, smarter, and more resilient. Plus, US tariffs and the end of AGOA have hit Lesotho’s textile industry hard. How can one of Africa’s smallest economies respond?. Later, why are billion-dollar startups waiting so long to go public?

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This week, former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says that although bank profits are up, bigger risks are brewing in credit and in an unconventional US bet on Argentina’s currency. And, could Japan’s growing labor shortage finally make immigration a permanent part of its future? Plus, self-driving trucks promise to transform freight across the US and Europe, but the road to automation is not bump-free. Later, can artificial intelligence make war faster and safer without losing human control?

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