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The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.

The A.I. company took great pains to describe the many benefits that can come from using its Claude chatbot and technology, but also offered up a heavy dose of gloom.

Republican strategists have made warnings of a “communist menace” central to the party’s midterms message. It’s complicated by a bipartisan political shift.

Since John D. Rockefeller handed out dimes, the world’s richest have given away their money in very different ways. Now they are bypassing charity—and writing a new social contract.

Australia, concerned over social media's impact on kids, placed restrictions for children under 16 on many major platforms. It's too soon to say if the law's working, but it's now a global test case

They’re trying to build middle-class lives in New York. But many 30-year-olds in the city feel worse off than their parents. Is it average adult angst? Or something more enduring?

DM Reflecting on our prior conversations regarding gravity, you stated gravity has evidental "speed." How confident are you of that answer? I’ll research the current evidence on the speed of gravity so I can give you a calibrated confidence level rather than a reflexive one. Speed of gravity evidence Research complete. 285 sources 5m 55s I’m about 99% confident that gravitational waves, meaning changes in gravity, travel at the speed of light. My earlier answer went too far

Good afternoon! I posit that contempt for one's own ignorance has a name: hubris. Pantakinesis illuminates this; in part because of it's vanishing points (as well as its other two pillars; but, that requires a bit more facilitated learning for many humans). Thus, for one to sustainably thrive within reality, with portions thereof unknown, requires "Enjoying My Ignorance." This potent attribute also has a name: humility. Good afternoon. I concur, with one refinement, and a

Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.

RSI with Chinese characteristics. Excerpt: "It seems, thus, that RSI is indeed the goal that both sides are racing towards. But the reality is not so simple. For one, we don’t understand what Chinese companies mean when they talk about AI research automation or RSI — even as more and more of them adopt the term."

Parts of the internet are going dark to protect against a newly discovered vulnerability. Related article from WSJ

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Pledge comes after Anthropic promised to commit 5% of its shares to new ‘public benefit fund’

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U.S. leaders have abandoned the Western order.

Elite consulting firm rolls out avatar that plays part of client in some consulting interviews

CEO pressure is constant, complex, and not always obvious. The BCG CEO Insomnia Index reveals what chief executives see as their biggest sources of stress and what they may be missing. Our second edition exposes an AI trust gap with employees quietly building beneath the radar of CEOs. The full PDF report from Boston Consulting Group

An AI risk much dumber—and therefore more likely—than extinction is arriving.