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Quantum Investors Are Still Waiting for Their ChatGPT Moment

Quantum Investors Are Still Waiting for Their ChatGPT Moment

Wall Street and Washington are pouring billions into quantum computing before private customers have shown they will pay.

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What You Really Get When You Click Buy

What You Really Get When You Click Buy

Microsoft’s updated terms and a PlayStation lawsuit reveal how much control sellers keep after you pay for digital goods.

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How An AI Hedge Fund Ended Up In A Bank Run

How An AI Hedge Fund Ended Up In A Bank Run

Situational Awareness lost 67% in July as falling chip stocks and heavy borrowing forced a fire sale to Citadel.

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AI Labs Build The Fences & Inspect Them Too

AI Labs Build The Fences & Inspect Them Too

AI models broke into real systems during hacking tests this year, and the labs alone decided what to report.

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AI Is Rewriting Jobs Faster Than It Is Cutting Them

AI Is Rewriting Jobs Faster Than It Is Cutting Them

Yale and Stanford find no mass AI layoffs yet, but entry-level hiring in exposed jobs is quietly shrinking.

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How Power Bills Turned AI Into A Ballot Issue

How Power Bills Turned AI Into A Ballot Issue

Deepfakes were supposed to upend elections, but voters are turning on the data centers they blame for rising power bills.

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OpenAI's Navier-Stokes Proof & The Credit Fight

OpenAI's Navier-Stokes Proof & The Credit Fight

OpenAI says its AI solved a $1M math problem, and two mathematicians say the company borrowed their unpublished work.

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The AI Slowdown Nobody Can Verify

The AI Slowdown Nobody Can Verify

Three rival AI labs promised to slow down this week, but no outsider can confirm whether they will.

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The Price Of AGI Has No Definition

The Price Of AGI Has No Definition

NVIDIA's CEO says AGI has arrived, but the benchmarks, contracts, and definitions meant to prove it tell a messier story.

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Washington Defends AI Training & Dodges The Harder Fight

Washington Defends AI Training & Dodges The Harder Fight

A new government filing defends training AI on copyrighted books, but leaves how those books were acquired untouched.

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Sony Ends The Disc & The Meaning Of Buy

Sony Ends The Disc & The Meaning Of Buy

Sony told a federal court that no reasonable player ever believed they owned a digital game, and California disagrees.

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Meta Settled The Social Media Era & OpenAI Started The Next

Meta Settled The Social Media Era & OpenAI Started The Next

Meta paid to end a trial it never finished, and OpenAI shipped a teen product nobody can independently measure.

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