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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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Sign up for the launch of our new Downstream Newsletter here: https://ift.tt/AtI8WLB At Novara, we focus on the trends that are remaking the world and affecting our lives: technological development and automation, multipolarity, the demise of an American-led world order… more ›
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Adam Tooze’s LRB Autumn Lecture at the New School, NYC on 27 October 2025 China is racing ahead in electrification, while the US turns its back on green energy in favour of a new era of fossil fuel machismo. An… more ›
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Ce matin, toutes les périodes de notre vie sont prêtes à s’entremêler. Depuis que j’ai annoncé dans les couloirs de Nova que Monsieur Ben Harper passait nous rendre visite ce matin, j’ai pu entendre toutes sortes de réactions. Des réactions… more ›
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The Most Venezuelan Man in the World You can find the song from the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27_108hrcxE #mostinterestingmanintheworld #dosequis #aicommercial #aiad #veo3 #klingai #aivideos #venezuelan #venezuelanman — more ›
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The symbiosis of humans and technology portends a new AIxial Age. https://www.noemamag.com/why-ai-is-a-philosophical-rupture/ more ›
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In the aftermath of the “AI boom,” this report examines how the push to integrate AI products everywhere grants AI companies – and the tech oligarchs that run them – power that goes far beyond their deep pockets. https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/ai-now-2025-landscape-report more ›
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The Trump administration needs a more nuanced approach to Africa that doesn’t alienate the people and the markets that it is seeking to engage. To do so requires the president to somehow square his domestic priorities with his foreign policy… more ›
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Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Donald Trump Jr https://www.ft.com/content/39a4a5c9-aa33-40b4-addb-076ee0242430?accessToken=zwAGQxMqUYx4kc85pKXJqjNAtNOt2wdu4CQkMA.MEQCIHGeDYXFIYG6a2vKcjzA9-Dwpalk08t1px8rVF9T72zVAiBRKQpjoSxld3xc087nXVv-jC0I6WdShiCKsOMwbKvD7g&sharetype=gift&token=29e57fe5-f715-4991-b68b-462abdf67fc9 more ›
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China is taking the lead in international science: A new study shows how China overtakes the US in key areas of research and increasingly dominates the agenda. What does this mean for Europe? https://www.dw.com/en/china-is-the-new-science-power-how-will-europe-respond/a-74618481?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&at_medium=Newsletter&at_campaign=EN more ›
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Women collectors are outspending men — and taking bigger, smarter risks. The latest Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting reveals a generation (…) http://bit.ly/4oQu28j more ›