Robert Peston

My neurodivergent self is super happy with this review in @thetimes by John Dugdale of my new thriller, The Kill Switch, which will be published on Thursday 16 July: “In this enthralling mash-up of whodunnit, political thriller, sci-fi and psychological novel (Gil is attacked too, with radical effects on his brain), AI is compellingly portrayed as inexorably corrupting the worlds the duo move between: Westminster, business and the media…In the last outing of his neurodivergent alter ego, Robert Peston has cracked it, finding a narrative method that works and a huge topical subject he handles impressively.”

Four great thrillers to read this July

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How close is a global markets crash? New Rest is Money chat with @azeem

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How close is a global markets crash? I discuss with @azeem. New The Rest is Money youtu.be/fj91AtG54YQ?si… via @YouTube

How close is a global financial meltdown? Steph and I evaluate with Azeem Azhar - @azeem

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The Bank of England’s take on the contribution of AI to UK growth this year: “novel AI-related activity accounts for just under a fifth of GDP growth since the start of 2026. The contribution to growth from AI to date appears to reflect activity in the upstream development and implementation of AI technologies rather than broader gains from their adoption elsewhere in the economy. This is consistent with the impact on
productivity having been relatively small so far”. In other words, there is a lot of spending on AI in the UK but no evidence so far that it is being used to make businesses significantly more efficient. There is obviously going to be a lag before we see productivity gains. It is super unclear how long that lag will be Bank of England
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The contribution to growth from AI to date appears to reflect activity in the upstream
development and implementation of AI technologies rather than broader gains from
their adoption elsewhere in the economy. This is consistent with the impact on
productivity having been relatively small so far Bank of England
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The contribution to growth from AI to date appears to reflect activity in the upstream
development and implementation of AI technologies rather than broader gains from
their adoption elsewhere in the economy. This is consistent with the impact on
productivity having been relatively small so far