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The Economist is reporting something that cuts against the prevailing narrative around artificial intelligence: people actually like it. Despite months of headlines about job displacement and existential risk, survey data suggests broad public enthusiasm for AI tools, particularly in the developing world, where access to capable software is genuinely changing daily life for millions.
That enthusiasm, however, exists alongside a growing crisis of information integrity. Ahead of the U.S. midterms, a self-described polling firm has admitted its data was entirely fabricated — the second such scandal in recent weeks. Campaigns and mainstream outlets had been tracking the numbers as legitimate. It raises a sharp question about how we verify the inputs that shape political coverage and voter perception.
On the infrastructure side, Kazakhstan is making a serious push to become a regional AI power. NVIDIA has announced an expansion of accelerated computing capacity there, moving the country from planning documents to actual deployment across the full AI stack — from data centers to applications. It is a reminder that the geography of AI development is shifting well beyond Silicon Valley.
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