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Economy
NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for…
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Economy
OpenAI’s Murati shocks with sudden departure announcement
Enlarge / Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live Conference in…
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Investing
Does the Earned-Income Tax Credit Reduce Caregiving for Parents?
Jeffrey Miron Many conservatives, and some libertarians, endorse work requirements in social safety net programs. That position is understandable, but…
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Economy
Talking to ChatGPT for the first time is a surreal experience
Enlarge / Putting the “chat” in ChatGPT (credit: Getty Images) In May, when OpenAI first demonstrated ChatGPT-4o’s coming audio conversation…
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Investing
Pro-Brazilian Censors Strike Back: Digital Sovereignty Versus Free Speech Online
David Inserra An open letter titled “Against Big Tech’s Attack on Digital Sovereignties” was published last week by a group…
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Investing
Trump’s Tariff Threats a Reminder of the Need to Curb Presidential Power
Tad DeHaven On September 24, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a crowd in Georgia that “tariff” is “one of…
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Investing
Latest Attempt to Restore Financial Privacy: the Saving Privacy Act
Norbert Michel, Jennifer J. Schulp, and Nicholas Anthony On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, Senator Mike Lee (R‑UT) introduced the Saving…
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Investing
Rock and Roll Wisdom: Reject Authoritarian Vehicle Mandates
Travis Fisher and Joshua Loucks Ferrari Barchetta. The 1981 song Red Barchetta by the band Rush tells the story of…
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Investing
How “Temporary” Emergency Spending Bloats the Federal Budget for Years
Romina Boccia Today, September 25, the House Budget Committee will consider the Stop the Baseline Bloat Act (H.R. 8068), an…
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Economy
Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) When security researcher Johann Rehberger recently reported a vulnerability in ChatGPT that allowed attackers to store…
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