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Economy
OpenAI’s GPT Store lets ChatGPT users discover popular user-made chatbot roles
Enlarge / A screenshot of the OpenAI GPT Store provided by OpenAI. (credit: OpenAI) On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the launch…
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Investing
In Memory of James Gwartney
Ian Vásquez James D. Gwartney (1940–2024). Economist James Gwartney passed away at age 83 on Sunday. He was a prolific academic,…
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Investing
Presidential Candidates on Spending
Chris Edwards and Krit Chanwong The most important challenge for the next president will be tackling the government’s massive and…
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Economy
Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the past year, previously unknown self-replicating malware has been compromising Linux devices around the world…
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Investing
Market Distortions and Hidden Costs of the Farm Bill’s Agriculture Subsidies: A Policy Investigation
Paul Best As Congress gears up for debate over the next Farm Bill later this year, many of the subsidy…
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Investing
How Does the Congressional Government Spending Deal Measure Up?
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett House Speaker Mike Johnson (R‑LA). Whoever thought that the May 2023 debt limit deal settled…
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Economy
OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material
Enlarge (credit: OpenAI) ChatGPT developer OpenAI recently acknowledged the necessity of using copyrighted material in the development of AI tools…
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Investing
Curbing Federal Emergency Spending: New Study Release
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett We’ve just released a new paper providing comprehensive estimates of “emergency spending” going back to 1992.…
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Economy
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware
Enlarge / The Rexroth Nutrunner, a line of torque wrench sold by Bosch Rexroth. (credit: Bosch Rexroth) Researchers have unearthed…
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Investing
The Government Can’t Evade Lawsuits by Strategically Mooting Cases
Thomas A. Berry Yonas Fikre, an American citizen, was placed on the No‐Fly List in 2010 while he was out…
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