How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral
Piketty was wrong about the past. He's probably right about the future. — 1. Introduction X: @briancalbrecht , @saikatc , @harryh , @jankulveit , @daniel_271828 , @krishnanrohit , @besttrousers , @...
Trump signs an EO clearing a path for adding alternative assets like PE and cryptocurrencies to 401(k)s, directing the US Secretary of Labor to review guidance
President Donald Trump signed Thursday an executive order that lays the groundwork to add alternative assets such as private equity …
Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40%
https://www.nytimes.com/... [image] Mark Coggins / @coggins@mastodon.social : This is the kind of needed AI regulation—requiring model makers to reveal how they trained their language models—that #Ma...
Sources: US is investigating a recently discovered hack against federal agencies that used a vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN, that began during Trump years
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told a panel of House Appropriators … Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : How Are Those Cyber Security Vendors Performing? (Yes, That Is the Correct Word) Tweets: Chris Bin...
A brief history of the US semiconductor industry, and how the US can regain its edge in manufacturing to create a more secure and resilient supply chain
Employ America : Tweets: @lizabevin , @rogueonomist , @hassankhan , @michaelsjoel , @maxjerneck , and @ryanlcooper Tweets: Liza Toher Reed / @lizabevin : I feel this so hard: “ “Eliminating redundanc...
In discrimination case against Oracle, Labor Department lawyer says Secretary Eugene Scalia broke with normal practice in seeking a smaller settlement
New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @sruhle , @nytpolitics , @joshtpm , @dealbook , and @janemayernyer Tweets: @nytimesbusiness : A Labor Department lawyer says she faces reprisal after objec...
FOIA doc: Australian police can use new encryption legislation to compel social media giants, telcos, retailers, and Wi-Fi providers to provide info on users
Exclusive: Documents reveal rushed encryption legislation allows police to compel wifi providers to turn over information about users Tweets: @blakandblack , @zackwhittaker , @nick__nobody , @recordio...
Google workers from Singapore, Japan, Israel, the UK, Ireland, India, and the US staged a walkout to protest the company's handling of sexual harassment
and there are plenty more on the way pic.twitter.com/F5HBsN1RTk Jack Morse / @jmorse_ : SF Google office walkout has begun pic.twitter.com/iXF07JQvMI Jacobo Tarrío / @jacobotarrio : Nice turnout at NY...