Our correspondent goes inside a Chinese robot facility to see thousands of droids being taught to complete useful tasks. Is it worth the time and money? How Meta’s $17bn settlement at its blockbuster trial could change teen social-media use. And 75 years of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company.

Watch extended clips from Insider here, plus the full Elon Musk interview

Guests and host:

• Don Weinland, China business editor
• Alice Fulwood, “Money Talks” host and US business editor
• Alexandra Suich-Bass, culture editor
• Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

• Robots, humanoids, China, AI
• Meta, Instagram, Facebook, social media, addiction, 
• Shakespeare and Company, Paris, bookshops

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