The Seine, which runs through the heart of Paris and has long been the city’s lifeblood—and its dump, leaving the body of water severely polluted for decades—is playing a central role in the 2024 Olympics. With less than two weeks from the opening ceremony for the Olympics, the 483-mile-long river has become a source of contention for athletes, Parisians, and politicians alike. The question is: Will the Seine be clean enough by the opening ceremony on July 26? Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7rV_J9i By Abigail Bassett
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As A.I. continues to gain steam, so does the amount of electricity it consumes. A ChatGPT query needs nearly 10 times as much electricity as a Google (GOOGL) search query, according to a recent report by Goldman Sachs. To meet soaring demand for A.I. power, some companies are looking at an unprecedented solution—the revival of dormant nuclear power plants. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eja-hbXX
Dormant Nuclear Power Plants May Offer a Solution to A.I.’s Energy Problem
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Ireland, despite its small land size and population, is among the wealthiest countries in the world. The island nation boasted a GDP per capita of $104,270 in 2023, according to the IMF, next only to Luxembourg and higher than the U.S., Switzerland, Singapore and Norway. It is also one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, with its GDP growing 15.1 percent and 9.1 percent in 2023 and 2022, respectively. American tech giants play an outsized role in Ireland’s economy. Some 60 percent of Ireland’s corporate tax revenue comes from just 10 U.S. companies, according to the Irish Tax and Customs department. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGjmsBdQ By Shreyas Sinha
US Big Tech Companies’s Complicated Role in Ireland’s Booming Economy
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As part of OpenAI’s path towards artificial general intelligence (A.G.I), a term for technology matching the intelligence of humans, the company is reportedly attempting to enable A.I. models to perform advanced reasoning. Such work is taking place under a secretive project code-named ‘Strawberry.’ Researchers and co-founders of OpenAI have previously warned against the initiative, with concerns over it reportedly playing a part in the brief ousting of Sam Altman as OpenAI’s CEO in November. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g4hy427y
What Elon Musk and Ilya Sutskever Feared About OpenAI Is Becoming Reality
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In November of 2022, the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT sparked an A.I. revolution. The chatbot drew one million users in less than a week and 100 million a year after its release. Co-chaired by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, it counted prominent A.I. researchers like Ilya Sutskever among its founding team of research engineers and scientists. Only four of OpenAI’s original 11 founding employees remain with the company. The rest are spread across the tech world, working for rival A.I. companies, startups and venture capital firms. Here’s a look at where OpenAI’s 11 founding members are today: https://lnkd.in/errXW9yB
Only 4 of OpenAI’s 11 Founders Are Still With the Company—Where Are the Rest of Them?
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Over the last year, 56 percent of tech employers and 57 percent of finance employers reported posting fake jobs, while 29 percent of media employers posted fake jobs Data from the workforce intelligence company Revelio Labs found a similar phenomenon last year. “Around 2020, eight in 10 job postings led to a hire. Nowadays, around four in 10,” Lisa Simon, the chief economist at Revelio Labs, told Observer. “The decline is pretty dramatic.” Read more about this trend: https://lnkd.in/eq-ajr9Y By Abigail Bassett
Why More and More Companies Post Fake Jobs and Actually Interview Candidates For Them
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Art and antiques are not a one-time investment. Begin collecting art and you’ll quickly discover there are myriad other associated costs beyond the price of a piece: you might need to insure your fine art or ship your fine art, and you’ll certainly want to spend the money to care for it. Art is, after all, meant to last lifetimes—and to grow in value. But that can’t happen if works are neglected and allowed to deteriorate (something nearly all works are prone to, given time). Knowing how to care for the works in your art collection is no less important than understanding what to buy and for how much. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e2xGbP6H
How Serious Art Collectors Care for Their Collections
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Even in an election year, there are few things more divisive than comic book franchises. For every apoplectic keyboard warrior out there who thinks they can do better than the major studios, congratulations, you’ll eventually get your wish. Sort of. Within the next 15 years, the original versions of Superman (2034), Batman (2035), the Joker (2036) and Wonder Woman (2037) will enter the public domain due to copyright expiration, allowing non-affiliated creators to potentially monetize the early versions of these characters with their own stories. This raises two crucial questions: How will major studios adapt? And will creators—with the assistance of A.I.—threaten traditional entertainment? Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7qe36zd By Brandon Katz
As Superman and Batman Enter the Public Domain, Hollywood Faces Opportunities and Risks
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In a time marked by global conflicts and economic uncertainties, Elon Musk, the enigmatic leader of SpaceX, Tesla, X and several other ventures, often seems to exist in a universe of his own making. Last month, at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival, Observer seized a rare opportunity to speak with the billionaire about his social media company, his own experience with it as an avid user and his renewed commitment to “interesting and entertaining” advertising on the platform following recent clashes with advertisers. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ejK-HpUP By Tina A.
Exclusive: Elon Musk Wants ‘Interesting and Entertaining’ Ads on X
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While going to the hospital is, in most cases, a matter of necessity, staying there doesn’t have to be. Reducing the length of a patient’s stay in a hospital is a growing concern in the health care space, both for the benefit of the patient and the health care provider’s financial wellbeing. Artificial intelligence-powered systems in hospitals, it seems, may be helping drive reductions in the length of stay. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eqAK3Y-m By Rachel Curry
A.I. Shows Promise of Reducing Length of Hospital Stay—a Growing Heath Care Concern
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