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Nobody Has an Incentive to Be the Adult in the Room (opens the original)
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The U.S. national debt recently passed $40 trillion. The number is staggeringly large.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="719" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZXe7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F
The Real Cost of AI Isn't Copyright (opens the original)
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Anthropic found itself at the center of another debate about artificial intelligence and intellectual property two weeks ago. The company will have to pay $1.5 billion for using copyrighted books to train its AI models. This is a reminder that these systems were built on the work and intellectual property of writers, journalists, researchers, and publishers who spent years creating their original ideas.This copyright issue is important if you are a creator. If AI companies profit from other peop
Investments: Rethinking the Allocation of Capital (opens the original)
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A little over three months ago when I introduced the New Stack, I explored several considerations about the importance of deep and liquid financial markets for the competitive advantage of companies and countries in today’s world.Since writing that Substack, I’ve been speaking with leading global investors in both the private and public markets. O
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