Polymarket's Ukraine war betting, based on ISW's map, generated $1M+ in volume for "Will Russia capture Myrnohrad?"; an "unauthorized" map edit resolved the bet (Matthew Gault/404 Media)
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'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
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Americans express fear and negativity toward AI, often relying on bad arguments like water usage, a stark contrast with Asia and Europe's relative positivity (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)
I love AI. Why doesn't everyone?
Anti-AI sentiment might or might not be rational, but it certainly relies on a lot of bad arguments.
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Americans express fear and negativity toward AI, often relying on bad arguments like water usage, a stark contrast with Asia
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UK pension funds are cutting exposure to US equities over worries about growing concentration in a few tech stocks and a potential bubble in the AI sector (Financial Times)
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UK pension funds are cutting exposure to US equities over worries about a growing concentration in a few tech stocks and the risk of a bubble in the AI sector
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An interview with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on why there's no AI bubble, his view that Watson's healthcare push was "inappropriate", IBM's quantum bet, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
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Why IBM’s CEO doesn’t think current AI tech can get to AGI
IBM was early to both AI and quantum. Here’s why CEO Arvind Krishna thinks big bets like Watsonx and next-gen computing will pay off.
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Q&A with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on why there
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CANI files a CA ballot measure to let an oversight board review and undo nonprofit conversions in science and tech since Jan. 2024, indirectly targeting OpenAI (Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-completed-its-conversion-a-new-ballot-initiative-seeks-to-reverse-it-ab04c339
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CANI files a CA ballot measure to let an oversight board review and undo science and tech nonprofit conversions since January 2024, indirectly targeting OpenAI
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Sources: Apple doesn't plan to comply with India's mandate to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on iPhones and will raise its concerns with New Delhi (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-resist-india-order-preload-state-run-app-political-outcry-builds-2025-12-02/
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Sources: Apple plans to not comply with India
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Trade data shows South Korea's chip exports rose 38.5% YoY to a record $17.26B in November, driven by strong data center demand and higher memory prices (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-november-exports-beat-forecasts-led-by-chips-autos-2025-12-01/
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South Korean trade data: chip exports rose 38.5% YoY to a record $17.26B in November, driven by strong data center chip demand and higher memory chip prices
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Nvidia announces Alpamayo-R1, an AI model for autonomous driving research, and calls it the "first industry-scale open reasoning vision language action model" (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
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Nvidia announces new open AI models and tools for autonomous driving research | TechCrunch
Nvidia continues its push into physical AI with the release of a new reasoning world model and other tools for physical AI.
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Nvidia announces Alpamayo-R1, an AI model for autonomous driving research, and calls it the “first industry-scale open reasoning vision language action model”
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Texas AG Ken Paxton says he is investigating Shein to determine whether it violated state laws on unethical labor practices and the sale of unsafe products (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shein-probed-by-texas-attorney-general-over-labor-practices-product-safety-2025-12-01/
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Texas AG Ken Paxton says he is investigating Shein to determine whether it violated state laws on unethical labor practices and the sale of unsafe products
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Google, with its structural advantages, is a threat for both OpenAI and Nvidia; OpenAI has a real moat with 800M+ ChatGPT users, but needs an advertising model (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Google, with its structural advantages, is a threat to both OpenAI and Nvidia; OpenAI has a meaningful moat with 800M+ ChatGPT users, but must monetize via ads
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