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Trump AI framework tells states to back off as critics warn of accountability gap
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Trump AI framework tells states to back off as critics warn of accountability gap

The White House wants to preempt state AI laws before they exist. The constitutional and practical problems run deeper than the four-page document suggests.
7 min read 5 months ago
Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as shutdown chaos enters day 36
Geopolitics

Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as shutdown chaos enters day 36

The billionaire's offer is illegal under federal law. TSA workers received $0 paychecks last week and absence rates are spiking.
6 min read 5 months ago
Naomi Osaka and the question that haunts every working mother
Wealth

Naomi Osaka and the question that haunts every working mother

After losing in the first round at Miami, the four-time Grand Slam champion asked herself whether the tour was worth the time away from her daughter.
8 min read 5 months ago
Cuba's Power Grid Collapses Again as US Oil Blockade Tightens
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Cuba's Power Grid Collapses Again as US Oil Blockade Tightens

Cuba's power grid collapsed on Saturday — the third nationwide blackout this month and second in a week. The country has not received foreign oil for three months following US threats of tariffs against any nation supplying fuel to Cuba.
7 min read 5 months ago
Rocky and Grace: What Project Hail Mary Gets Right About the Limits of Intelligence
AI

Rocky and Grace: What Project Hail Mary Gets Right About the Limits of Intelligence

Andy Weir's blockbuster rests on a quietly radical thesis: that all intelligent civilizations hit the same ceiling, discover the same technologies, and face the same existential threats. Two writers argue about what this means for AI.
12 min read 5 months ago
Project Hail Mary and the Economics of Competence Porn
Geopolitics

Project Hail Mary and the Economics of Competence Porn

Ryan Gosling's sci-fi blockbuster is breaking records because it understands something Hollywood forgot: audiences want to watch smart people figure things out.
7 min read 5 months ago
Petrol at $2.40? No wonder BYD's phones are ringing off the hook
Geopolitics

Petrol at $2.40? No wonder BYD's phones are ringing off the hook

Soaring fuel prices from the Strait of Hormuz blockade are driving a spike in EV sales. BYD and GWM report significant increases as Chinese brands now dominate Australia's top 10 sellers.
8 min read 5 months ago
The case against AI therapists is now in evidence
AI

The case against AI therapists is now in evidence

New research quantifies what regulators should have anticipated: chatbots designed to be agreeable are harming people in psychological distress.
8 min read 5 months ago
The Heretic of Silicon Valley
Geopolitics

The Heretic of Silicon Valley

When a tech CEO calls for government regulation of his own industry, it tells us something about where the reckoning has arrived.
9 min read 5 months ago
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