Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as WEF warns of latest global risks and HS2 chairman updates MPs on line’s costSEC says ‘compromised’ account to blame for tweet approving Bitcoin ETFCEO says Boeing must acknowledge ‘our mistake’ as 737 Max 9 jets are groundedNewsflash: Misinformation and disinformation driven by artificial intelligence are the biggest short-term risks facing the global economy, the World Economic Forum is warning this morning.But in the long term, extreme weather and critical change to Earth systems are the greatest concerns.The nexus between falsified information and societal unrest will take centre stage amid elections in several major economies that are set to take place in the next two year“Artificial intelligence breakthroughs will radically disrupt the risk outlook for organizations with many struggling to react to threats arising from misinformation, disintermediation and strategic miscalculation.At the same time, companies are having to negotiate supply chains made more complex by geopolitics and climate change and cyber threats from a growing number of malicious actors. Continue reading...