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Germany’s chancellor came to office making big promises. A year later they are unfulfilled, his government is squabbling and he has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire. The advertising industry is, inevitably, starting to peddle its wares quietly in AI chatbots. And a historical look at the oratory around war and how it has taken a sharp turn for the worse.
Guests and host:
- Tom Nuttall, chief Germany correspondent
- Tom Wainwright, media editor
- Catherine Nixey, culture correspondent
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Germany, Friedrich Merz, Donald Trump
- AI, chatbots, advertising
- rhetoric of war
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