Knowing Less About AI Makes People More Open to Having It in Their Lives – New Research
A study on receptivity to AI use sadly skips over some fundamental questions.
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mBridge, a Bank of International Settlements Project Hyped by BRICS Fans as a Way to Evade Sanctions, Shut Down
Our debunking the hype of the purported BRICS payment potential of a BIS project, mBridge, has proven to be true, and then some.
Read more...Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans
Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well. In essence: You need people, and more machines, to make sure the new tools don’t mess up.
Read more...What Has Happened to Our Grand Experiment, the Internet?
With AI threatening to crapify online life and even generate geopolitical chaos, Congress needs to reinstate the Office of Technology Policy
Read more...How Is It That xAI’s (Naïve) Grok Does Not Reveal that xAI is a Public Benefit Corporation?
Lambert annotates a Grok transcript.
Read more...Tech Law in 2025: A Look Ahead at AI, Privacy and Social Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration
Team Trump’s tech industry regulatory plans have gotten less attention than some other initiatives. An overview helps fill this lapse
Read more...What Should Tesla’s Stock Be Worth? Automaker, Stagnating Vehicle Sales like GM & Ford, Getting Overtaken by Competitors, Losing Share in the Booming EV Market?
Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?
Read more...How MAGA Can Stuff DOGE Back in Its Box and Win the Day on H1B
A simple plan….
Read more...Wall Street Journal on Men With “Crack Cocaine” Level Addiction to Crypto and Options Betting
The post-2020 bull markets in stocks and crypto + seductive trading apps have produced a big increase in gambling addiction.
Read more...A Heart Attack and Stroke Drug That Saves Lives Exists—But American Patients May Be Left Behind by Profit-Driven Healthcare
An example of medical industry inertia and profit priorities thwarting better treatments, here new clot-busters for heart attacks and strokes
Read more...Data Centers Are Sending Global Electricity Demand Soaring
The International Energy Agency forecasts that data center demand for energy will more than double by 2026, with AI the big driver.
Read more...Affordability of Long-Term Care Systems in Times of Rapid Population Ageing
As the private long-term care industry in the US comes under more visible stress, a 32-nation look at the success of public programs
Read more...Big Finance, Big Tech AI Titans Ride Next Wave of “Generative Biology”‘ Colonization at COP16
The COP16 biodiversity conference included Big Tech pushing black box “generative biology” AI-created DNA and related financial markets
Read more...Amazon Inside Job? Phishing for Government ID
Are Amazon insiders trying to defraud customers? It’s hard to come up with another explanation for a recent attempt.
Read more...Can Desalination Quench Agriculture’s Thirst?
Small decentralized desalination plants hold the promise of low enough cost to use on brackish agricultural water.
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