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Schwab wants to choose WEF successor, says board co-chairs Fink & Hoffmann shouldn’t have conflicts of interests, is tightlipped on Borge-Epstein connection: Swiss media
World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab tells Swiss media he’s exploring ways to choose his successor, that he won’t comment further on Borge Brende’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and that board members like interim co-chairs Larry Fink and Andre Hoffmann shouldn’t have conflicts of interests. In the past year, […]
The Robot Won’t Take Your Job. The Government Might
In the spring of 1812, British textile workers smashed power looms across Nottinghamshire, convinced that the machines would make their skills worthless and their families destitute. They were right about the disruption. Mills did displace hand-weavers. Communities that had organized themselves around a particular kind of skilled labor were genuinely […]
DARPA Generative Optogenetics (GO) program gathers biosecurity, regulatory advisers for commercializing programmable biology tech
DARPA GO could be used for human performance enhancement & bioengineered super-soldiers, along with the ability for total mind control by reading, writing into the brain: perspective DARPA’s Generative Optogenetics (GO) program is gathering advisers across three working groups who will address the biosecurity risks and regulatory hurdles for the […]
They Built the Matrix, We Walked In: Open AI Sam Altman Says Goal is to Charge you to Think!
Sam Altman Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud: “Intelligence Is a Utility” – And We’re the Cattle Who’ll Pay for It Sam Altman dropped this bomb this week at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy […]
The Future is Fungal: Mushroom Computing
A research team at Ohio State University has taken a surprisingly ordinary ingredient—store‑bought shiitake mushrooms—and connected it to electrodes to see whether the fungus can behave like a memristor. A memristor (short for “memory resistor”) is an electronic component that both processes signals and stores data, promising faster, more energy‑efficient computing […]
Managing financial AI agents is the only skill you’ll need to survive the AI layoffs
To stay in the game, rather than try to outlearn every new release, learn how to use AI to strengthen your finances and build a buffer against industry disruption, says Naja. AI is infiltrating every layer of society, finance included. What began as asking ChatGPT about your deepest money worries […]
Europe Is Building a Digital Identity System for 450 Million People
The European Union is quietly constructing what may become one of the most sweeping digital identity systems ever attempted. Under new legislation, every EU member state must provide citizens with a government-approved “European Digital Identity Wallet” by 2026. This system will allow people to store official documents, verify identity, access government […]
X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix”
Awide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order to […]
AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds
It looks like AI can now unmask any anonymous account on the internet. That’s according to a new study by Simon Lermen (MATS), Daniel Paleka (ETH Zurich), Joshua Swanson (ETH Zurich), Michael Aerni (ETH Zurich), Nicholas Carlini (Anthropic), and Florian Tramèr (ETH Zurich), published on arXiv. In the paper, “Large-Scale […]
UAE ‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret 49% Stake In Trump Crypto Company, World Liberty Financial
This is a stunning revelation into the mind of Donald Trump. Just before the inauguration, Trump’s crypto company, World Liberty Financial, struck a secret deal with the head of security in the UAE for a 49% stake for $500 million. The quid pro quo was for Nvidia’s AI computer chips. […]
