By Goodhart's law, since being below the poverty line makes you eligible for benefits, the poverty rate will be overestimated. And that's exactly what happens.
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AI Growth Barriers Will Determine 21st Century Global Dominance
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The 21st century will be won by the country with the fewest barriers to the growth of AI.
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AI Becoming Major Factor in Stock Market Decisions
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Stock market is influenced by Reddit because of AI. Remember: LOTS of factors impact stock price (economic conditions, recent news, optimism/pessimism based on announcements, etc) but as with ALL human decisions, AI is going to become a MUCH bigger factor. The
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OpenAI reaches $300B valuation with $64B funding round
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OpenAI leads the AI race. Valued at $300 billion in July 2025, with $64 billion raised. A unicorn shaping the future of tech innovation. #infographic by @StatistaCharts via @antgrasso #AI #GenAI #Startup
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Social Media Sin Tax: Regulating Platform Usage Time
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Proposal: Social Media Sin Tax $0.0x per minute for each minute each user spends on a platform over 1 hour per day.
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xAI partners with Kalshi to integrate Grok into prediction markets
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Effective immediately, Kalshi and xAI are partnering to bring Grok to prediction markets.
— xAI (@xai) 24 juillet 2025
Two of the fastest growing companies in America are now on the same team.@xAI 🤝 @Kalshi pic.twitter.com/MCh5eQd906Effective immediately, Kalshi and xAI are partnering to bring Grok to prediction markets. Two of the fastest growing companies in America are now on the same team. @xAI @Kalshi
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Monetization incentives drive controversial AI discourse online
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That's sadly true – the way monetization here works provides a huge financial incentive to post controversial takes that get a ton of reactions
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FAANG Layoffs Impact Senior Engineer Job Market Recovery
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Right – the job market still hasn't recovered from FAANG companies laying off 100,000s of senior engineers over the past few years
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Transforming AI from a cost center into a revenue driver
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This turns AI from a cost center into a revenue driver.
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Economics of superintelligence raises concerns about AI benefits
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It doesn't make superintelligence look good 😉 https://
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