Five Things AI: Economic Growth, Superintelligence, Swiss AI, Weather Forecasts, MCP

Everything you need to know about AI this week.

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Buckle up, because this week in AI is a rollercoaster of wild growth fantasies, reality checks, and a reminder that privacy is mostly an urban legend. First up, we’re told that, in theory, AI could have us all living large. Of course we have to hope that the economic spoils don’t end up at the top of the food chain (spoiler: they usually do). But before you go counting your eightfold riches, the next read throws cold water on any dreams of imminent superintelligence - GPT-5 might be shinier, but it's not exactly teaching your toaster to outsmart you. Meanwhile, Switzerland is joining the AI race with Apertus, which is based on an open-source licence. On the bright side, AI’s about to make farmers’ lives easier with hyperlocal weather forecasts, which could be a great win for humanity. And if you want your models to talk to each other like grown-ups, Model Context Protocol is the new cool kid on the API block—get your servers ready, and let the agents to the talking…

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