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This week's recommended content

Is AI going to end humanity? (Podcast: Today in Focus)

Pushback against Silicon Valley's calls for AI slowdown (article: NYT)

Extra reading on AI data scraping: NYT sued OpenAI and Microsoft back in 2023 (article NYT)

Extra reading on AI data scraping: AI as art heist (article: The Guardian)

Meta's 'Big Tobacco moment'? (podcast: Today in Focus)

Burnham's autumn budget challenges (article: The Guardian. NOTE Burnham is the new British Prime Minister)

Useful links

ELEA OUEST (how to access)

SCHOLARVOX (how to access)

Colleur contact details 2026-27

Memrise (LMW Chaptal English)

Great films that also provide useful historical and cultural background (updated!)

Some (bad) jokes in English

News sources with free, good quality content

The Guardian

Today in Focus (Guardian podcast)

Straight Arrow News

The Economist

The Independent

The New Statesman

The New York Times

The Washington Post

BBC (British news and radio)

Global News (BBC podcast)

NPR (American national radio)

Political orientation of US-UK-FR publications