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Anthropic economists say that AI use is far from reaching its full potential to disrupt the labor market. Loading audio narration… Using their new measure, they found the five most exposed occupations to be: Computer programmers, customer service representatives, data entry keyers, medical record specialists, and market research analysts and…
Big changes are coming to how shoppers can use SNAP food benefits in some states.Some states began implementing new rules on January 1 that limited purchases of soda, energy drinks, candy, and other foods for people who receive SNAP benefits, according to a list of changes provided by the Department…
Nothing makes me happier than having all my chickens back in my nest. By chickens, I mean my five offspring. Today, our flock is bigger, including wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, grandchildren, and assorted dogs and cats. And that’s the challenge. When it was once a given that all of us would…
America’s national parks are as magnificent as they are diverse, and in a single road trip, it’s easy to marvel at arid desert mountains one day and sky-high conifer forests the next. Loading audio narration… I’ve visited all 63 national parks within the US, all on a shoestring budget, and…
In October 2022, they saw a 2,700-square-foot house built in 1979 that spoke to Martino. It had four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and two half bathrooms, one of which was in the three-car garage. It was clearly a family home.”The owners were there for 20-something years,” she said. “It was just…
Paramount is setting the stage.David Ellison has turned Paramount from an aging legacy media brand into arguably the biggest threat to streaming juggernaut Netflix in less than a year.But his work is far from done. In fact, it’s just beginning.BI’s James Faris, who has been all over Paramount’s rise to…
OpenAI is paying a price for its rushed deal with the Pentagon.On Saturday, Anthropic’s Claude dethroned ChatGPT to take the top spot in the US Apple App Store. Data obtained by Business Insider shows just how suddenly the tide turned in the fight for app downloads.Data from Appfigures, an app…
AI might make our work sound smarter, but what happens when we are actually asked to explain it?Writing on X on Wednesday, economist John A. List said that while he was initially worried that AI might make critical thinkers — and therefore economists — less valuable, his “fears are now…
After sparring with an X user over an investment loss, billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya offered to fund the user’s daughters’ college accounts. Loading audio narration… In an X post on Thursday evening, Palihapitiya wrote: “This guy clapped at me. I clapped back. We then spoke.””I also think he was very…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a spike in global energy prices is opening the door to more profitable gas markets for his country. Loading audio narration… “Now other markets are opening up. And perhaps it would be more profitable for us to stop supplying the European market right now. To…
