Almost eight in ten of the biggest news websites in the UK and US are now blocking AI training bots. A recent analysis by Buzzstream shows that 79% of the top 100 news websites are blocking at least one crawler used for AI training, such as GPTBot and ClaudeBot
US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualized AI images of children
Linux breaks a new record for US market share as people presumably flee Windows for its open-source rival
AI Might Kill Us All (With Carbon Emissions)
The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history
There are way more people who want things to be better, not worse. And that demand incentivizes entrepreneurs and businesses to supply better goods and services. The winners in this process get bigger as revenue grows
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts
Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited
Wieso ist dieses Thema überhaupt diskussionswürdig??
EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?
The six biggest banks in the US have all quit the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, with the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as president expected to bring political backlash against climate action
Merkel, who in her new memoir raises fears for the western democratic order with Donald Trump as US president, has also expressed deep concerns about the outsized role to be played in Trump’s administration by Elon Musk
Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds
US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India
Let us start with how odd it is to be imposing bans on the most popular and effective aid for quitting smoking that we currently have