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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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For the past fifty years, human labor was expensive, and software was cheap. Yet humans remained busy because software wasn’t good enough to perform most human tasks. https://www.drorpoleg.com/ai-is-too-busy-to-take-your-job/ more ›
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Drawing on his experience at Instagram, Mike Krieger discusses how AI product development requires a different approach—one that’s more bottoms-up and responsive to model capabilities. As Anthropic’s Chief Product Officer, he explains why compute allocation is a critical strategic decision,… more ›
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As the 10th annual UN Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum gets under way in New York, GZERO Media’s Global Stage series presents a timely conversation about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Subscribe… more ›
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Naomi Klein joins us at Penguin to answer some big questions on the reality-distorting algorithms, social media regulation, and the true threat of AI. Order Naomi’s new book Doppelganger here: https://bit.ly/45LRPwN When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared… more ›
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Two recent landmark reports on the European Union’s economy paint an unforgiving picture of its vulnerabilities, suggesting the region faces the prospect of “slow agony”. At current productivity and demographic trends, Europe’s economic output is forecast to be the same… more ›
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Lars Gotrich | May 12, 2025 Beth Gibbons’ voice can cleave your heart in half and heal it back together. Whether fronting Portishead, singing Henryk Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs or guesting on a Kendrick Lamar track, Gibbons’ frail, yet… more ›
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Setlist 01. Poutin‘ 0:00:00 02. Sunday 0:08:55 03. I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good 0:16:11 04. Perrdido 0:23:54 05. Come Sunday 0:31:59 06. For All We Know 0:39:37 07. Cotton Tail 0:50:20 08. Ben’s Blues 0:57:20 Line Up… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/hznBFfD Musicians are worried about big tech companies using their work to train AI models. But a group of musicians has come out fighting with an attempt to defend their art. How does it work? Writer: James Tapper Producer:… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/i2ZIhoj How should we make sense of the Trump tariffs? They've been terrible for the stock market, obviously. Small businesses seem to hate them. Energy companies aren't fans either. US manufacturers are talking about how the tariffs will make… more ›