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Economy
Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code
Enlarge (credit: Victor De Schwanberg/Science Photo Library via Getty Images) Despite more than a decade of reminding, prodding, and downright…
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China Fills Trade Void as US International Economic Leadership Retreats
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon For nearly seventy‐five years, the United States was the leading proponent of rules‐based international…
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Holy chips! Microsoft’s new AI silicon will power its chatty assistants
Enlarge / A photo of the Microsoft Azure Maia 100 chip that has been altered with splashes of color by…
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How Free Is Your State?
Jason Sorens and William Ruger The new edition of Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic…
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Bing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebranding move
Enlarge / The Microsoft Copilot logo. (credit: Microsoft) On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Bing Chat—its famously once-unhinged AI chatbot—has been…
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YouTube cracks down on synthetic media with AI disclosure requirement
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, YouTube announced it will soon implement stricter measures on realistic AI-generated content hosted by…
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Massive Cost Overrun on Renewable Energy Project
Chris Edwards and Krit Chanwong Government infrastructure projects often go far over budget. Around the world, the costs of transit…
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People think white AI-generated faces are more real than actual photos, study says
Enlarge / Eight images used in the study; four of them are synthetic. Can you tell which ones? (Answers at…
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Breaking Down Taiwan’s Arms Backlog, Part 3: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner This is the third of a three‐part series examining US arms sales to Taiwan. The first…
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Anatomy of China’s Housing Crisis: Ending Financial Repression
James A. Dorn During Mao Zedong’s rule, there was no private housing. All private property was deemed illegal and against…
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