The world through 2024: five stories to watch

What are the stories that will shape 2024? From the biggest election year in history to how to control AI and even flying taxis, The Economist offers its annual look at the world to come. 00:00 – The world to come 2024 00:33 – Vital votes 03:34 – Taxis taking off 07:10 – AI rules 10:19 – Industry cleaning up? 1:48 p.m. – Building BRICS Read more about The World Ahead 2024: https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead-2024 Read Tom Standage’s editor’s note on The World Ahead 2024: https ://econ.st/ 3ROGB69 Subscribe to The Economist daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Europe, lagging behind in AI, takes the lead in its regulation: https: //econ.st/3GNsYOD Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way election after all: https://econ.st/41ukOnz China is closely watching who will be Taiwan’s next president: https://econ. st/4apC55B Decarbonization of industrial activities begins: https://econ.st/41C8D8n BRICS grows: https://econ.st/3RPV16j A global agency to oversee AI is a big challenge: https:/ /econ.st/3v7PgrP China approves the world’s first flying taxi: https://econ.st/3TwhxlW The world wants to regulate AI, but doesn’t really know how: https://econ.st/3GQB2hu Flying taxis could soon become a booming business: https://econ.st/41ulb1r BRICS bloc torn apart by tensions: https ://econ.st/48aEorO Finnish company thinks it can cut emissions by a third industrial carbon emissions: https://econ.st/3v6zjSB

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