in 3Q21 Palantir bet on gold, buying $50.9 million worth of 100-ounce bars. it sold them in 2023 for $51.1 million, netting a $200K profit. Palantir has missed out on the gold price running up ~33% in 2024. if it hadn't sold, Palantir would be up 50% on its original investment
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Building Trust in AI for Effective Organizational Collaboration
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Well-said, Thorsten. Building and maintaining trust in AI is vital for successful collaboration, enabling organizations to leverage technology effectively while addressing concerns and maximizing benefits. What's your take?
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Anthropic Raises Claude 3.5 Haiku Pricing Following Intelligence Improvements
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Something we didnt expected and we didnt ask for. "As a result, we've increased pricing for Claude 3.5 Haiku to reflect its increase in intelligence: http://
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American Manufacturing Turnaround Marks Historic Economic Shift
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This is amazing and would have been unthinkable a few years ago. What a turnaround for American manufacturing.
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Upskilling Data Workers with No-Code Analytics AI Solutions
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Upskilling domain-specific data workers with #analytics is the new competitive differentiator. Attend the #AlteryxVirtualSummit with experts, including our CDIO Trevor Schulze, discussing #NoCode, #AI-based analytics solutions for business users. https://
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xAI Offers $25 Monthly Free Grok API Credits
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$25 / month of free API credits for Grok. That’s pretty nice. Obviously the have to compete with all the other AI company’s but still, xAI is doing good!
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Polish Radio Station Replaces Journalists with AI Hosts
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So it begins: This Polish radio station fired all its journalists and replaced them with AI hosts — and people are furious. "It is a dangerous precedent that hits us all," said fired journalists.
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Russia fines Google $20 decillion fine absurdity
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Prob my fav tech story of the year: Russia fined Google $20 *decillion*. "Google would therefore have to find more money than exists on Earth to pay Moscow – but on Tuesday fell a little short of that mark when it posted $88 billion quarterly revenue."
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Tariffs as Consumption Tax and Production Subsidy
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A tariff is both a consumption tax and a production subsidy.