As the 2025 edition of the Business Book of the Year Prize launches, the industry is consumed by the debate over whether GenAI is a threat or an opportunity for authors. https://
on.ft.com/4lRGGDh #AI #publishing #technology #research #GenAI #IoT
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GenAI’s Impact on Authors and Publishing Industry Debated
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French AI Tax Proposal Criticized as Demagogic Economic Measure
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Parmi toutes les mesures démagogiques que propose aujourd’hui @GabrielAttal
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Astana International Forum 2025: Diplomacy Economics Sustainability Vision
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When the most seasoned minds in diplomacy, economics, and sustainability come together, the real opportunity isn’t just in debate—it’s in building a shared vision for the world ahead, as AIF 2025 promises. Join > http://
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Manufacturing Culture and Mine Worker Representation in Media
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(Instead we get our “As a child I yearned for the mines” meme and a visual gag about an Appalachian miner which somehow got past the sensitivity committee. On the nose, but, if “making things is Good” is your message, maybe whatever mine produces is at least as useful as songs.)
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Coming-of-age narrative struggles with mundane workforce reality
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“Nice phase of your life doing art/sports; that prepares you for your *real* life in the email mines” would not be an arc any writer’s room would feel forced into, and yet you could practically feel them struggling with it in the epilogue.
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Family Choices: Math Programs and Economic Priorities
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The talented young mathematicians program was $500, a trip for the family to X was $500, the dinner table discussion happened, and we stayed home that summer.
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Large-Scale AGI Marketplace Identifies Alpha Opportunities
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Large‑Scale α‑AGI Marketplace Global markets seep trillions in latent opportunity — “alpha” in the broadest sense: pricing dislocations • supply‑chain inefficiencies • novel drug targets • policy loopholes • etc Demo: https://
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Digital Native Businesses Adopting AI: Shopify and Duolingo Lead
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First Shopify. Now Duolingo. If you’re a “digital native business” (ie born in the cloud, born on mobile – think Pinterest, Airbnb, Stripe) and haven’t gotten the memo, here is the literal memo.
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Anthropic Launches Economic Advisory Council for AI Impact Analysis
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To support our work in analyzing AI’s economic impacts, we’re pleased to announce the formation of the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council. This group of distinguished economists will provide input on new areas of research for our Economic Index.
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Anthropic Creates Economic Advisory Council for AI Labor Impact
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The Anthropic Economic Advisory Council will advise us on AI's impact on labor markets and economic growth. Read more here: