The World Ahead 2024: five stories to watch out for

What are the stories set to shape 2024? From the biggest election year in history, to how to control AI and even taxis that fly, The Economist offers its annual look at the world ahead.

00:00 - The World Ahead 2024
00:33 - Vital votes
03:34 - Taxis take off
07:10 - AI rules
10:19 - Industry cleans up?
13:48 - BRICS build

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Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation: https://econ.st/3GNsYOD

Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way race after all: https://econ.st/41ukOnz

China is watching closely who will be Taiwan’s next president: https://econ.st/4apC55B

Decarbonisation of industrial activities is beginning: https://econ.st/41C8D8n

The BRICS are expanding: https://econ.st/3RPV16j

A global agency to oversee AI is a tall order: https://econ.st/3v7PgrP

China approves the world’s first flying taxi: https://econ.st/3TwhxlW

The world wants to regulate AI, but does not quite know how: https://econ.st/3GQB2hu

Flying taxis could soon be a booming business: https://econ.st/41ulb1r

The BRICS bloc is riven with tensions: https://econ.st/48aEorO

A Finnish firm thinks it can cut industrial carbon emissions by a third: https://econ.st/3v6zjSB