AI bubble or babble? How to understand — and make money — on the latest tech revolution

Are you all in on AI, or are you bracing for an AI-pocalypse?  While Wall Street wagers on skyrocketing profits at artificial intelligence firms and chipmakers alike, regular joes worry about big, noisy, water-hogging data centers – not to mention their jobs. Many, no doubt, have been prompting their chatbots to navigate the latest convulsions.  Yet AI’s future remains largely unknown – even to supposed “experts.” Take the case of Leopold Aschenbrenner – the 25-year-old “Nostradamus of AI” whose high-flying hedge fund Situational Awareness got laid low by its leveraged bets on a bumpy sector.  That notable casualty notwithstanding, the…

Liberty clinch playoff berth for sixth consecutive season after Fire loss

Despite their shaky regular season, which has featured highs such as an eight-game winning streak and lows like a stretch of eight losses in 10 games, the Liberty are officially back in the playoffs. They clinched Sunday night — alongside the Mystics — when the Fire lost to Washington 105-100.…

Seahawks rookie carted off field with broken ankle in brutal injury blow

Seahawks rookie safety Bud Clark had to be carted off the field with a broken ankle during Seattle’s preseason game with the Titans on Sunday night.  Head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed the injury following the game and estimated that Clark would be out “multiple months.”  Clark was the Seahawks second-round…

Randi Weingarten pushes Target boycott over ICE and sparks fresh fury

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten promoted a nationwide back-to-school boycott of retail giant Target over the weekend because the company had not condemned ICE operations in Minnesota — the location of its headquarters — prompting criticism from education advocates and a call for federal scrutiny. “We gave Target…

Democrats must shake off unpatriotic label, Tom Suozzi says

Democrats have a public relations crisis on their hands that they need to “change” now – the perception that they’re unpatriotic, Rep. Tom Suozzi declared in a new op-ed. “I love America. Unfortunately, as we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, too many Americans associate those three words only with Republicans,”…

Who is Alexis Podesta? The Gavin Newsom appointee who wore an FBI wire

Alexis Podesta has been one of Sacramento’s most influential behind-the-scenes power brokers for years — the kind of political insider whose name rarely makes headlines despite her fingerprints being all over California politics. Now, she’s become one of the FBI’s most valuable witnesses — after wearing a wire as part…

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