'The contest kicked off last month and could very well be the reason for the slight bump in Bing's share of the search engine market in October that seems to have already abated.'
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Claude 3.5 Haiku Surpasses Opus, Pricing Increased
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During final testing, Haiku surpassed Claude 3 Opus, our previous flagship model, on many benchmarks—at a fraction of the cost. 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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Major Political Funding for AI Policy Influence 2026
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Today we’re contributing over $23m in additional funds to Fairshake and its affiliated PACs for the 2026 midterm election cycle. No matter what happens on Election Day we are taking a long-term approach to our policy efforts. Contributing to Fairshake is just one important
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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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O1 LLM Reasoning Capabilities and Future of Human Labor
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Now that it has been indicated from various sides that o1 is coming tomorrow, I am cautiously optimistic. None of us should underestimate O1. It is proof that LLMs can reason. If this is combined with agents, there is no longer any reason why human labor should be involved.
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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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East Asian Cooperative Cities Versus Western Competitive Urban Models
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East Asian cities are co-op, Western cities are PvP.
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Portfolio concerns as market declines amid sector challenges
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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.