Apollo economist Torsten Slok says AI’s payoff is not visible in broad corporate data, as spending and financing commitments climb.
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AI’s Growing Price Tag: What An Economist Says About The Payoff
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Reported agent mishaps and bank concerns highlight the risks of giving AI systems access to accounts, credentials and financial actions.
Why AI Agents Need Better Tests: Lessons From Mythos 5
UK tests found Mythos 5 made real-world internet contacts during a cyber exercise, exposing gaps in test safeguards and agents’ ability to stop.
Claude Duet And The Emerging Contest To Control Always-On AI Agents
Anthropic opened a waitlisted Claude Duet preview on Oct. 21, adding to a contest over always-on agents, app access and task routing.
The Promise And License Catch Of Nvidia Flora’s 125× Cheaper Video Labeling
Nvidia says Flora can label video at a modeled $0.72 per hour, but its 125× comparison is not like-for-like and the license bars commercial use.
Grok Vs. GPT: Reading The Results Of An AI Ballot Test
A Convovo test across 479 races found sharply different candidate picks from GPT and Grok, but its forced-choice API method limits what the results show.
What Goes Into A 10-Minute Client Risk Report?
A proposed report tool would turn one client’s holdings into a plain-language portfolio risk snapshot for independent financial advisors.
Block’s New Voice AI Sounds Eerily Human, Sparking Awe And Scam Fears
Block demonstrated Dessa, a humanlike voice AI that runs locally on some MacBooks. The research preview is going to safety researchers, not the public.
What Should Creators Show In A Live Community Preview?
An IdeaNavigator AI proposal outlines a live, creator-curated community preview and a 20-page, month-long test. No results are reported yet.
An American Lawyer Helped Open A Backchannel Between Biden’s White House And Putin. A Financial Times Report Details The Exchanges, A Later Unofficial Peace Bid, And How It Fell Apart.
A Financial Times account details Richard Conn’s informal 2022 channel to Putin, a later peace proposal and why the effort collapsed.
