Anthropic, along with some others (incl Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI) are trying to deploy AI the right way, thoughtfully, safely, and enormously beneficial for society. That’s why I am intensely rooting for their success.

The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) have made the decision to “scale back” intelligence sharing with the United States, due to ongoing concerns about reliability and political shifts, fearing that

Working proposition for a true democracy: We shouldn’t listen to anyone’s opinions if they are worth more than $10 Million.

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle. Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

"In some regions, they predicted when the rain would arrive 30 days ahead. They also forecast that rainfall would stall in the middle of the season—as it did, for 20 days—despite this not appearing in the NWP forecasts." economist.com/science-and-te…

42 million people, including 15 million children, losing basic nutrition assistance while he spends $300M on a tacky gilded ballroom that he will name after himself.

This is another phrase for job loss (at least in the short term.)

Alec Stapp One of the takeaways here is “A bad news cycle and a system which allows coalition management primacy over decisionmaking will allow a generally effective technocratic government to, with eyes wide open, pick policies which are obviously foreseeable catastrophes.”

A bit skeptical on this as the decline in early hires also coincided with major interest rate increases which have high correlation to headcount in tech sector.

Seems like an important release.

NEW: OpenAI has announced that it has completed its restructure to a more conventional for-profit. More details here, including that Sam Altman will not have a stake in the newly restructured company. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"The $8 billion paid in monthly SNAP benefits represents around 10% of retail grocery sales..." - RBC

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. SNAP, which aids 42 million people, was set to run out of funds on Saturday without intervention. nyti.ms/4qDhdzP

We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry.

“You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID.”

We need more papers like this one which examines how AI agents & humans work together Current agents were fast, but not strong enough to do tasks on their own & approached problems from too much of a programing mindset. But combining human & AI resulted in gains in performance

My student Michael Cuna is on the econ job market this year. He has an excellent paper showing the impact of the hidden curriculum on educational outcomes, particularly in the case of first-gen students. The paper also demonstrates the potential for AI tools to close these gaps.

We now have experimental evidence showing that enrollment in SNAP improves financial well-being (measured using credit scores)!