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Exponential - Growing or increasing very rapidly.
Anthropic - An American AI company and the developer of the Claude chatbot. It claims to focus on AI safety.
Claude - The large language model/AI chatbot created by American company Anthropic. It is often used by coders to write code.
Data centres - A large group of computer servers used by organisations to store, process and distribute very large amounts of data.
Trillion - One thousand times bigger than a billion.
GDP - Short for Gross Domestic Product, the measure of all the goods and services produced inside a country.
Anxiety - A feeling of unease or worry. It can be mild or very severe.