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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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Trump is meeting Xi in Beijing, with the two superpower leaders expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/may/14/donald-trump-meets-xi-jinping-china-summit-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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Chinese AI researchers and founders have become central to Silicon Valley’s AI boom, joining Meta and OpenAI and building a new tech elite from Mark Zuckerberg’s old house. https://restofworld.org/2026/chinese-ai-researchers-silicon-valley/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/Eh57Z2V Theories that inaccurately observe the present will inevitably fall short in predicting the future. Yet, our dominant frameworks for understanding international relations remain anchored in assumptions about power and sovereignty that no longer hold. If we want to… more ›
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How do we reconcile an increasingly fractured order with an increasingly planetary reality? https://www.noemamag.com/the-coming-entropy-of-our-world-order more ›
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altmans-business-dealings-under-gop-scrutiny-ahead-of-openais-ipo-52c1cc4d?st=WrmFUH more ›
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A top South Korean official has proposed a tax on AI profits to be redistributed among society as a semiconductor boom drives massive earnings for tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260512-south-korea-floats-ai-profit-social-tax-as-tech-giants-boom?utm_source=semafor more ›
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AI is frying my brain. Is anyone else feeling this? https://x.com/@atmoio https://shape.work — more ›